Resistance fighter Youra Livschitz was shot here at the National Shooting Range on February 17, 1944. He was only 26 years old. He was one of three young resistance fighters who stopped the train of the twentieth convoy on April 19, 1943. At that moment, that convoy was transporting 1,631 Jews from the Dossin barracks in Mechelen to Auschwitz and was halted near Boortmeerbeek. In total, 231 Jews were able to escape. Of these, ninety deportees were recaptured and placed on the next transport, 26 individuals were killed during their flight, and 115 deportees succeeded in their escape.
Source: De Standaard
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