The article highlights the emotional discovery of a farewell letter from Norbert Vanbeveren, a Belgian resistance fighter executed by the Nazis at 19. His great niece, Christel Van Iseghem, expressed deep emotional resonance upon hearing the letter. The letter, part of the Last Words project, reveals the courage of Vanbeveren and other resistance members that has long been overshadowed post-war. Dany Neudt, a co-founder of the Heroes of the Resistance, advocates for a renewed appreciation of these heroes and encourages people to seek out similar artifacts to keep their legacies alive.
My heart stood still, said the 71-year-old from Kallo in Flanders. This was something I didn't know existed. I sat there shaking, my hands trembling. It means so much to me. He will not be forgotten.
Norbert Vanbeveren wrote to his parents that he felt a kind of peace and satisfaction in my heart, because our death will have served a purpose after all: that you are free again and no longer have to live under occupation.
Dany Neudt, co-founder of Heroes of the Resistance, read aloud Norbert's words on Belgian radio and is calling for a reappraisal of resistance groups, whose heroism he believes was forgotten in a traumatised silence after the war.
War brings out the worst in people but also the best in humanity, and that is what you see in the stories of resistance.
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