page_title: Victor Martin
hierarchical_section_title: Victor Martin
caption_attribution_description: English: house where Victor martin used to live in Blaton, section of Bernissart. With view on the memorial plaque afixed on the facade. Français&#160;: Maison, où vécut Victor Martin à Blaton, village de la commune de Bernissart. On aperçoit la plaque commémorative fixée sur la façade.
context_page_description: Victor Martin was a Belgian academic sociologist, known for his involvement with the Belgian Resistance during World War II.
  Using academic networks established before the war, Martin agreed to undertake a spying mission in Nazi Germany on behalf of the Front de l'Indépendance group to find reliable information on the fate of Belgian Jews deported to Eastern Europe. Martin reported his findings about the mass extermination of Jews and was one of the first to provide detailed information on the functioning of Auschwitz concentration camp.
context_section_description: Victor Martin (19 January 1912 – November 1989) was a Belgian academic sociologist, known for his involvement with the Belgian Resistance during World War II.
  Using academic networks established before the war, Martin agreed to undertake a spying mission in Nazi Germany on behalf of the Front de l'Indépendance group to find reliable information on the fate of Belgian Jews deported to Eastern Europe. Martin reported his findings about the mass extermination of Jews and was one of the first to provide detailed information on the functioning of Auschwitz concentration camp.
caption: House in which Victor Martin lived in Blaton, Belgium
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