Fernande Keufgens
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BelgiumFernande Keufgens | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 December 1923 Montzen, Belgium |
| Allegiance | Belgium |
| Unit | Army of Liberation |
| Conflicts | Second World War |
Fernande Keufgens Davis (born 14 December 1923), also known as Freddie Davis,[1] was a Belgian resistance fighter with the Army of Liberation during the Second World War.
Fernande Keufgens was born in Montzen,[1] Belgium on 14 December 1923, as one of eight children in a close-knit family. She was sixteen years old when the Germans invaded Belgium.[2] Before World War II began, Keufgens's father—who witnessed the horror of World War I—foresaw the Nazi invasion and the subsequent draft into munitions factories.[2][3] Her father then arranged for her to move further from the German border to Verviers. Two years after the German invasion, however, Keufgens was summoned back to her home; she was ordered to report to a German munitions factory. Keufgens refused, however, to serve the Nazi army; she boarded the train to the factory, and jumped off before it arrived at the work camp to join the Belgian Resistance.[4][2]
