Scheyven, Raymond
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Name (Latin)
Scheyven, Raymond
Date of birth
1911-11-26
Date of death
1987-01-17
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Economic development of under-developed countries, 1954:t.p. (Mr. Raymond Scheyven)
Wikipedia description:
Raymond Albert Marie Scheyven (26 November 1911 – 17 January 1987) was a Belgian politician, banker, and minister for the PSC. During the Second World War, his code name was Socrates, leading to his forming and leading the civil resistance group, The Socrates Service, that worked to support those who refused forced labour in Germany, aiding Jewish families, and coordinating the finances of the armed resistance. The Service Socrates organization borrowed, in the name of the Belgian government in exile, 200 million francs for the anti-Nazi Belgian underground between the end of 1943 and liberation.
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