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    154 [nl; fr]. 30 June: Joseph Van De Meulebroeck is arrested and deported; Jules Coelst [nl; fr] is designated deputy mayor. 18 August: The Comet Line starts...
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    September 1942. In Brussels, the situation was different and the mayor, Jules Coelst [fr], who had already opposed the Germans on the issue of the compulsory...
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    Vandemeulebroek was aged 65. Ironically, his designated successor, Jules Coelst, was six years older. Even before his dismissal, however, he was arrested...
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