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La reine Mathilde commémore le 80e anniversaire de la libération de Liège


Le bataillon du 12e et 13e de Ligne Pince Léopold de Spa et des associations patriotiques ont pris part à cette commémoration, tout comme six établissements scolaires liégeois, dont le groupe scolaire communal Justin Bloom – Yvan Meys de Sainte-Walburge, du nom d’un instituteur et d’un ouvrier de l’école faits prisonniers et morts sur place.

“Quatre-vingts ans plus tard, dans un monde à nouveau en proie aux conflits, tant aux portes de l’Europe qu’au Moyen-Orient, nous devons nous rappeler que le mot ‘résistance’ doit toujours se conjuguer au présent”, a déclaré le bourgmestre de Liège, Willy Demeyer.

Queen Mathilde of Belgium pictured during a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Liege, Monday 09 September 2024. This place of remembrance houses the graves of 419 people killed by the Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS during the Second World War, as well as that of the chaplain of the Liege Citadel, Canon Mathieu Voncken. The Nazi occupiers used the Citadelle as a detention and execution center for patriots and resistance fighters. 221 people were executed there during the war. BELGA PHOTO BRUNO FAHY
Queen Mathilde of Belgium pictured during a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Liege, Monday 09 September 2024. This place of remembrance houses the graves of 419 people killed by the Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS during the Second World War, as well as that of the chaplain of the Liege Citadel, Canon Mathieu Voncken. The Nazi occupiers used the Citadelle as a detention and execution center for patriots and resistance fighters. 221 people were executed there during the war. BELGA PHOTO BRUNO FAHY
Queen Mathilde of Belgium pictured during a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Liege, Monday 09 September 2024. This place of remembrance houses the graves of 419 people killed by the Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS during the Second World War, as well as that of the chaplain of the Liege Citadel, Canon Mathieu Voncken. The Nazi occupiers used the Citadelle as a detention and execution center for patriots and resistance fighters. 221 people were executed there during the war. BELGA PHOTO BRUNO FAHY
Queen Mathilde of Belgium pictured during a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Liege, Monday 09 September 2024. This place of remembrance houses the graves of 419 people killed by the Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS during the Second World War, as well as that of the chaplain of the Liege Citadel, Canon Mathieu Voncken. The Nazi occupiers used the Citadelle as a detention and execution center for patriots and resistance fighters. 221 people were executed there during the war. BELGA PHOTO BRUNO FAHY
Queen Mathilde of Belgium pictured during a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Liege, Monday 09 September 2024. This place of remembrance houses the graves of 419 people killed by the Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS during the Second World War, as well as that of the chaplain of the Liege Citadel, Canon Mathieu Voncken. The Nazi occupiers used the Citadelle as a detention and execution center for patriots and resistance fighters. 221 people were executed there during the war. BELGA PHOTO BRUNO FAHY
Queen Mathilde of Belgium pictured during a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Liege, Monday 09 September 2024. This place of remembrance houses the graves of 419 people killed by the Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS during the Second World War, as well as that of the chaplain of the Liege Citadel, Canon Mathieu Voncken. The Nazi occupiers used the Citadelle as a detention and execution center for patriots and resistance fighters. 221 people were executed there during the war. BELGA PHOTO BRUNO FAHY

Des élèves ont évoqué certains fusillés et fait la lecture de lettres. L’ambassadeur des États-Unis en Belgique, Michael Adler, a ensuite pris la parole, avant les dépôts de fleurs aux poteaux d’exécution.

Guidée par le président du Monument national à la Résistance de Liège (MNR), Patrick Ansia, la reine Mathilde a par la suite découvert le vestige du Bloc 24, dans lequel étaient enfermés les prisonniers.

Après s’être entretenue avec les descendants de résistants, La Reine a quitté les lieux.



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