Albert Van den Berg
Belgian resistant who saved Jews in WWII
About Albert Van den Berg
Lived 1890 – 1945 (aged 54–55).
Max-Albert Van den Berg, ), was a doctor of law, licensed as a notary and lawyer at the Court of Appeal, and active in Belgian Resistance during the Second World War.
Life Max-Albert Van den Berg is best known for helping some 400 Jewish children escape German occupation forces, together with his brother-in-law Georges Fonsny and sister Germaine. Within their Berg-Fonsny network in this activity, Berg visited and comforted the children too. The Fonsnys received the title in 1996. He survived until the end of the war, but died from exhaustion on German soil before managing to reach Belgium.
Van den Berg was also a Service Clarence member.
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Who was Albert Van den Berg?
Belgian resistant who saved Jews in WWII
When was Albert Van den Berg born?
Albert Van den Berg was born in 1890.
When did Albert Van den Berg die?
Albert Van den Berg died in 1945.
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