Calixte Vandevelde. Collection
Calixte Vandevelde was born on 18 October 1922 in Hoeleden, today part of Kortenaken, Belgium, as the son of Frans Vandevelde and Pelagie Sacréas. His parents, who were farmers, built a large family. Calixte had ten siblings. He attended a local primary school until the age of fourteen and then started working for the Blavier construction company in Oreye. When Nazi-Germany invaded Belgium on 10 May ...