Her farewell letter (often called 'moral will') was a letter to her friend Pierre Seghers, written on 13 November 1941:
My friend, I elected you among all, to collect my last wishes.
I know that you love me enough to make them respect everyone.
You will be told that I died needlessly, foolishly, in exaltation.
It will be the truth ... history.
There will be another one.
I perished to attest that one can at the same time love life and consent to a necessary death.
It will be your job to soften my mother's pain.
Tell him that I have fallen so that the skies of Belgium may be purer, so that those who follow me may live as freely as I so much desired.
that I do not regret anything anyway.
As I write to you, I calmly await the orders that will be given to me.
What will they be?
I do not know it, and that is why I write you the goodbye that my death must deliver you.
It is to beings such as you that it is entirely dedicated to beings who can be reborn and rebuild.
And I think of your children who will be free tomorrow.
Farewell.

 
Marguerite Bervoets died on 7 August 1944 in Wolfenbüttel prison.
Detournay was liberated by US forces on 24 April 1945.
Her farewell letter (often called 'moral will') was a letter to her friend Pierre Seghers, written on 13 November 1941:
My friend, I elected you among all, to collect my last wishes. I know that you love me enough to make them respect everyone. You will be told that I died needlessly, foolishly, in exaltation. It will be the truth ... history. There will be another one. I perished to attest that one can at the same time love life and consent to a necessary death. It will be your job to soften my mother's pain. Tell him that I have fallen so that the skies of Belgium may be purer, so that those who follow me may live as freely as I so much desired. that I do not regret anything anyway. As I write to you, I calmly await the orders that will be given to me. What will they be? I do not know it, and that is why I write you the goodbye that my death must deliver you. It is to beings such as you that it is entirely dedicated to beings who can be reborn and rebuild. And I think of your children who will be free tomorrow. Farewell.
 
Marguerite Bervoets died on 7 August 1944 in Wolfenbüttel prison. Detournay was liberated by US forces on 24 April 1945.
Marguerite Bervoets