List of inmates of Saint-Gilles Prison
Saint-Gilles Prison in Brussels, Belgium, has been the site of many incarcerations since its opening in 1884.[1] During World Wars I and II, some prisoners who were held there, both civilians and captured members of the Belgian Resistance, were taken to the National Shooting Range (French: Tir national) to be executed.[2]
World War I
[edit]A–D Joseph Baeckelmans Philippe Baucq Louise de Bettignies[3] Mathieu Bodson Léon Boiteux Louis Bril Joseph Van der Cammen Edith Cavell[4] Adelin Colon Jean-Baptiste Corbisier Paul Denis Joseph Delsaut Lucien Descamps Jules Descamps François Dufrasne E–H Alexandre Franck Louis Gille Emile Gressier Oscar Hernalsteens I–P Léon Jacquet Prosper Kricke Georges Kuge Louis Lefebvre Jules Legay Dominique Mertens Jules Mohr Louis Neyts Gabrielle Petit[5][6] Pierre Poels François Mus Q–T Arthur Roland Charles Simonet Emile Stevigny U–Z Georges Uytebrouck François Vergauwen
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World War II
[edit]A–D Anne-Marie Basch André Bertulot Élise Binard Jean Burgers Marina Chafroff Aimé Dandoy Claire Duysburgh E–H Maximilien de Furstenberg Andrée De Jongh Louise de Landsheere Andrée Dumon Abraham Fogelbaum Arnaud Fraiteur Jean Franklemon Walter Ganshof van der Meersch Adelin Hartveld Arthur Haulot Marie-Louise Henin Pierre-Jean Herbinger I–P Albert Jonnart Maurice Kiek Régine Krochmal Simonne Lehouck-Gerbehaye Robert Lentz Alexandre Livchitz Mikhail Makarov[7] Valentine Ployart Zofia Poznańska[8][9] Q–T Alfred Steux U–Z Fernande Volral Berthe Warret Johann Wenzel[10] Émile Witmeur
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References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Inventaire des archives de la prison de Saint-Gilles - Archives de l'État en Belgique". www.arch.be (in French). Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Enclos des Fusillés – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "Louise de Bettignies 1880-1918". Chemins de Mémoire. Paris: Ministère des Armées. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ Hoehling 1957, p. 1320.
- ^ "Gabrielle Petit 1893-1916". Chemins de Mémoire. Paris: Ministère des Armées. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ Pickles 2016, p. 198.
- ^ Brysac 2002, p. 314.
- ^ Dallin 1955, p. 171.
- ^ Tyas 2017.
- ^ Tyas 2017, p. 91–92.
Bibliography
[edit]- Brysac, Shareen Blair (2002). Resisting Hitler: Mildred Harnack and the Red Orchestra. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-992388-5.
- Dallin, David J. (1955). Soviet Espionage. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-598-41349-9.
- Hoehling, A. A. (1957). "The Story of Edith Cavell". The American Journal of Nursing. 57 (10): 1320–1322. doi:10.2307/3461516. JSTOR 3461516.
- Pickles, K. (2016). Transnational Outrage: The Death and Commemoration of Edith Cavell. Basingstoke, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-28608-5.
- Tyas, Stephen (2017). SS-Major Horst Kopkow: From the Gestapo to British Intelligence. Fonthill Media. pp. 91–92. GGKEY:JT39J4WQW30.