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Location: Hainaut, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium
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Willem VS
June 15, 2021
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Gabrielle Petit, born in Tournai on February 20, 1893, was a Belgian resistance heroine of the First World War. She and her sister were placed in an orphanage by her …
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•Katrien
October 9, 2021
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Gabrielle is presented here in a long dress, accentuated by a cape on the shoulders. Fists clenched, mouth open, as if to utter a cry, words, head slightly tilted, a winged Victory bears a kiss on the left side of Gabrielle's forehead, as a form of support.
As the winged figure lovingly carries her lips to Gabrielle's temple, her right hand wraps around the martyr's head on one side, while the left arm and hand point to the sky on the other.
Source: be-monumen.be/patrimoine-belge/monument-a-gabrielle-petit-tournai
As the winged figure lovingly carries her lips to Gabrielle's temple, her right hand wraps around the martyr's head on one side, while the left arm and hand point to the sky on the other.
Source: be-monumen.be/patrimoine-belge/monument-a-gabrielle-petit-tournai
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•Franky De Witte
March 23, 2025
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Born in Tournai in 1893, Gabrielle joined the Red Cross as a fundraiser in early August 1914.
When the Germans arrived in Brussels on August 20, Gaby, as she was …
When the Germans arrived in Brussels on August 20, Gaby, as she was …
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