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Marie Léonie Vanhoutte
Marie Léonie Vanhoutte, also known by the pseudonym Charlotte Lameron (1888 – 1967) was a French Resistance fighter and secret agent during World War I who worked at the French-Belgium border. Early life Marie Léonie Vanhoutte was born on 13 January 1888 in Roubaix, France, in a house on Rue de la Vigne. At the start of World War I, she was a nurse trainee at the Red Cross, but she did not stay long at that role since she did not want to treat the German soldiers medically. She travelled to Flanders to identify the places of passage for resistance networks for the French and the British to cross German lines. In August 1914 Vanhoutte was instrumental at planting ambulances and playing the role of "Charlotte Lameron". There is varying information about her character role, with some sources state "Charlotte" worked as a cheesemonger, but others called her a Red Cross nurse. Alice Network She was put in contact with Louise de Bettignies (also known as "Alice Dubois") and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roubaix
Roubaix ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, which grew rapidly in the 19th century from its textile industries, with most of the same characteristic features as those of English and American Boomtown, boom towns. This former new town has faced many challenges linked to deindustrialisation such as urban decay, with their related economic and social implications, since its major industries fell into decline by the middle of the 1970s. Located to the northeast of Lille, adjacent to Tourcoing, Roubaix is the of two Cantons of France, cantons and the third largest city in the French Regions of France, region of Hauts-de-France ranked by population with nearly 99,000 inhabitants. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Gilles Prison
Saint-Gilles Prison (; ) is a prison in Brussels, Belgium, that opened in 1884. It is located on the borders of the municipalities of Saint-Gilles, Belgium, Saint-Gilles, Ixelles and Forest, Belgium, Forest, next to and . Representative of the cellular system established during the 19th century, Saint-Gilles Prison was for a long time emblematic of overcrowding in Belgian prisons. Its infrastructure being in very poor condition, it was scheduled to close at the end of 2024, to be replaced by Haren Prison, but closure was postponed in February 2025, rescheduled for 2028. History Inception and construction During the period of the establishment of the Kingdom of Belgium in 1830, the country's prisons were made up a motley collection of buildings that were not destined to become places of confinement. This was particularly true of the many religious houses that had been confiscated as national property after the Battle of Fleurus (1794), second French invasion of 1794 during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
