Organisation Militaire Belge de Résistance

The Belgian Military Organisation of Resistance (Organisation Militaire Belge de Résistance) or OMBR was an organization of the Belgian resistance to the Nazi occupation during the Second World War. It remained a reasonably small organization throughout the war, comprising a total of 3,112 men and women.

The acronym of the group was deliberately chosen as a homophone of the French word "Ombre" meaning "Shadow".

History
Founded in 1940, the group only adopted the acronym OMBR in July 1942. The group's motto was "Better to die than to betray" and its vow "I swear to be faithful to the country, to observe the laws and constitution of the Belgian people, to obey my superiors and never to betray."

Notable members

 * Herman Bodson - Belgian mineralogist, later author of a number of books about the Belgian resistance.