Objective

English

This project focuses on the members of the Belgian resistance group De Zwarte Hand (The Black Hand).

The resistance movement was operational in the beginning of the second world war. Their area of operations: Klein-Brabant and the Rupel area, a region somewhere between Antwerp and Brussels.

The movement was soon discovered by the Germans and most members spent the rest of the war in camps or were executed. Of the 111 members only 37 survived the war.

Each profile contains the following information: status (member or founder), dates of arrest, release or death (execution or deprivation) and where possible: their journey in captivity and their camp number(s). Each profile is translated in English.

Dutch

Dit project focust op de leden van de Belgische verzetsgroep De Zwarte Hand.

Deze verzetsgroep was actief in de beginperiode van de tweede wereldoorlog. Het gebied waarin ze hun operaties uitvoerden: Klein-Brabant en de Rupelstreek.

De verzetsbeweging werd al snel ontmaskerd door de Duitsers en de meeste leden kwamen in kampen terecht en/of werden gefusilleerd. Naar verluidt overleefden slechts een 37-tal leden de oorlog.

Elk profiel bevat de volgende informatie: soort lidmaatschap (lid of stichtend lid), data van aanhouding, bevrijding of overlijden (executie of ontbering) en waar mogelijk hun afgelegde route in gevangenschap en hun kampnummer(s).

Members of De Zwarte Hand

A

• Aerts Frans - Member
• Aerts Jan - Member
• Alewaeters Louis - Member
• Andries Frans - Member

B

• Baeckelmans Gustaaf - Member
• Bastaens Camille - Member
• Beuckelaers Frans - Member
• Bossuyt John - Member

C

• Callaerts Jan Frans - Member
• Caremans Bernard - Member
• Caremans Frans Bernard - Member
• Clerbaut Arthur - Member
• Coeckelbergh Roger - Member

D

• Daes Achiel - Member
• De Boeck Florent - Member
• De Bondt Albert - Member
• De Cat Emiel - Co-founder
• De Geyter Etienne - Member
• De Geyter Luc - Member
• De Mol Marcel - Founder
• De Wachter Toon - Member
• De Wachter Jules - Member

E

• Eyckmans Louis - Member

H

• Herremans Paul - Member
• Houthooft Louis - Member

M

• Maris Jan - Member
• Meeuws Lodewijk - Member

P

• Pauwels Henri - Co-founder
• Pelgrims Louis - Member

S

• Saerens Victor - Member

V

• Vincent Jean Pierre - Member
• Vivijs Louis - Member
• Vivijs Staf - Co-founder

Sources

• De Laatste Getuigen, vzw De Werkgroep, 2010
• De Zwarte Hand: het verzet tegen de nazi's in Klein-Brabant en de Rupelstreek, T. Mampaey, 1993
• Website Patrick Praats
• Website Dirk Michiels