World War, 1939-1945, Underground Resistance – Belgium

World War, 1939-1945, Underground Resistance collection – Belgium. – 1940-1945. – ca. 657 items.

Collection consists of newspapers (85 titles, ca. 400 issues); broadsides (97 items); leaflets (130 items); and publications (30 items) produced by or relating to the underground resistance in Belgium during the Second World War. Most of the documents are in French, while some are in Flemish or German.

The collection has been arranged in the following series (click on links for finding aids in pdf format):

Newspapers
Underground Newspapers
Foreign Newspapers re: Belgium

Broadsides
Broadsides from the Beginning of the Occupation
Broadsides from the Belgian Resistance
Broadsides of the Liberation
Broadsides concerning Bombings
Repression Broadsides
Execution Broadsides
Broadsides concerning Air-Dropped Leaflets
Administrative German Broadsides for Belgians
Administrative Belgian Broadsides

Underground Leaflets
The “V” Campaign
Other Underground Leaflets

Underground Publications
Publications relating to “L’Affaire Royale”
Other Underground Publications

Title based on content of the collection.
The collection was acquired from Michel Brisebois in 2008.  Mr. Brisebois acquired the collection over a number of years from a variety of sources.
Finding aids available (click on links above); most of the information in the finding aids was supplied by Michel Brisebois.
There are no access restrictions.
Further accruals are possible.