De Geuzengroep (1940-1944) Witte Brigade-Fidelio (1944)
Insignia of the Witte Brigade-Fidelio, displaying both the group's initials, but also a V for Victory
Leaders
Marcel Louette
Edward Gierek
Dates of operation
1940-September 1944
Active regions
Focused on Antwerp region, Belgium
Opponents
German Occupying Forces
The White Brigade (Dutch: Witte Brigade, French: Brigade blanche) was a Belgian resistance group founded on 23 July 1940[1] in Antwerp by Marcel Louette,[2] who was nicknamed "Fidelio". The group was originally known as "De Geuzengroep" and changed its name again after the Liberation of Belgium to Witte Brigade-Fidelio[3] as the term "white brigade" had emerged as a generic term to describe the resistance.
The name was chosen in opposition to the "Black Brigade",[4][5] a collaborator group led by SS-Untersturmführer Reimond Tollenaere, who was responsible for the propaganda of pro-German Flemish National League. The Witte Brigade was based in Antwerp[3] but had smaller branches in Gent, Lier, Aalst, Brussels, Waasland, Wallonia and in the coastal region.
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