Partial archives of the intelligence service Tégal

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Country:: Belgium

Holding institution:: Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society

Holding institution (official language):: Centre d’Études et de Documentation Guerre et Sociétés Contemporaines

Postal address:: Luchtvaartsquare 29 / Square de l’Aviation 29, 1070 Bruxelles (Anderlecht)

Phone number:: +32 (0)2 556 92 11

Web address:: http://www.cegesoma.be/

Email:: cegesoma@cegesoma.be

Reference number:: CHRDWConS-Brussels-AA 1105

Title:: Partial archives of the intelligence service Tégal

Title (official language):: Archives partielles du service de renseignements Tégal

Creator/accumulator:: Service de renseignements Tégal; Inlichtingendienst Tégal

Date(s):: 1940/1947

Extent:: 13 boxes

Scope and content:: This fonds consists of the original documents that were microfilmed by the intelligence service Tégal and sent to London. We note a wide variety of documents such as reports with intelligence gathered by agents, stolen or copied documents, circulars, witness reports, brochures, sketches, etc. The following files concern the persecution of Jews: no. 104, 127, 128, 148, 182 and 302.

Administrative/biographical history:: The intelligence service Tégal was created in 1940 in southern France, around the central figures Pierre Haumann, Hervé Doyen and Paul Collard. Tégal, recognised in 1941 by the Belgian State Security in London, initially remained closely connected to the ‘Benoit’ network (founded by Doyen). In September 1940 Haumann returned to Belgium; by the spring of 1941 Tégal was active throughout Belgium. The background of the Tégal agents was exceptionally heterogeneous; we notably point out its agents in Eupen, conscripted into the Wehrmacht. Waves of arrests in 1942 and late 1943 dealt a serious blow to Tégal, but the network remained in operation. From 1944 there was closer cooperation with other resistance groups, such as the Geheim Leger – Armée Sécrète and the ‘Mill’ service, resulting notably in a redistribution of the areas of activity between Tégal and Mill. In early 1944, Tégal deployed its activities in the provinces of Limburg, Liège, Namur, Hainaut and Luxembourg – including the gathering of information on enemy troop movements, weapons and reinforcements; surveillance of airports, military transports and factories; reports on bombings, etc. (E. Debruyne, “Services de renseignements et société. Le cas du réseau Tégal, 1940-1944”, in Cahiers d’histoire du temps présent-Bijdragen tot de eigentijdse geschiedenis, no. 9, 2001, pp. 105-152; D. Vercauteren & J. Gotovitch, Archives des réseaux Tégal & Zéro, inventaires 5, Brussel, CEGESOMA, 1975.)

Access points: locations:: London

Subject terms:: Antisemitism; Holocaust; Jewish self-defence and resistance; Law enforcement

System of arrangement:: The files are arranged by general subject.

Finding aids:: D. Vercauteren & J. Gotovitch, Archives des réseaux Tégal & Zéro, inventaires 5, Brussel, CEGESOMA, 1975.

Yerusha Network member:: State Archives of Belgium

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