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From Resistance in Belgium

The platform houses thousands of data on individuals either known to be deceased or born more than 100 years ago, and shall be continuously fed through supply and verification of the remaining data. Currently, the platform contains data derived from more than 65 000 individual files and records opened by the State Security Service (Sûreté de l’Etat/Staatsveiligheid), related to the Intelligence and Action Services and/or by the Ministry of Reconstruction and its successors as part of the procedure for obtaining status of "resistance fighter through the underground press".

Data from the following records will also be added:

  • around 15 000 preparatory files from Union de la presse clandestine and Front de l’Indépendance for the recognition of their members as "resistance fighters through the underground press".
  • more than 35 000 personal files opened by armed resistance movements for the recognition of their members as armed resistants, conserved by CegeSoma.
  • more than 44 000 personal files about the Status of civil resitance fighter conserved by the Archives Service for War Victims, and more than 5 000 forms filed by the Front de l’Indépendance.
  • ~140 000 personal files of the Office de la Résistance about the Status of armed resistance fighter conserved by the National Archives.