National Museum of the Resistance

National Museum of the Resistance

Nationaal Museum van de Weerstand Musée National de la Résistance
Interior of the museum
Location within Brussels
Location	Van Lintstraat 14 B-1070 Anderlecht
Coordinates	50°50′21″N 4°19′41″E / 50.839305°N 4.327939°E / 50.839305; 4.327939
Type	Military museum
Public transit access	Clemenceau metro station
Website	www.museumresistance.be

The National Museum of the Resistance (Dutch: Nationaal Museum van de Weerstand, French: Musée National de la Résistance) is a museum in Anderlecht, Belgium which traces the history of the Belgian resistance and German occupation of Belgium during World War II.

Museum

The museum seeks to raise awareness^[1] of the role of the Belgian resistance during both World Wars and preserves document and artifacts^[2] relating to the period. The museum also touches on the German occupation, Holocaust and deportations of prisoners of war during the conflict.^[1]

It is housed in the building in which the Faux Soir was produced during the German occupation and is supported by the Front de l'Indépendance association.

Gallery

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  Section from the book Galerie de Traitres. The page open deals with Georges Remy [sic] (actually Georges Remi, aka Hergé), condemned as a collaborator.
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  Armbands worn by resistance members within SNCB during World War II.
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  Uniform of a Belgian political prisoner in Dachau

References

Links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Museum of the Resistance (Anderlecht).

• "Le Musée National de la Résistance". www.warveterans.be. Retrieved 14 February 2013.