Archives Musée national de la Résistance / Archief Nationaal Museum van de Weerstand, Anderlecht

The museum was inaugurated on 6 June 1972 in Anderlecht in the former "Lauwers" photo engraving firm, which during the war produced the plates used to print the "Faux Soir" of 9 November 1943. This was printed by Ferdinand Wellens, whose company was located in the Rue de Ruysbroeck (now the primary school in Dachsbeck). The Museum is a direct result of the will of the various Belgian resistance movements grouped within the Action Committee of the Resistance (CAR-ARW).

Resistance fighters, partisans and former political prisoners of war considered it their duty to pass on to future generations the testimonies and authentic documents used in the resistance against the Nazis.

Several rooms and showcases are dedicated to the civil and military resistance, the clandestine press and the deportations. The museum contains weapons, helmets, banners, decorations, emblems, armbands, urns, photographs, newspapers and pamphlets of the resistance movement. One room is dedicated to the horrors of the concentration camps. Another room is dedicated to the Spanish Civil War, which preceded World War II from 1936 to 1939.

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