CegeSoma Public History Meetings – Second World War (2019–2026)

Find below an overview of the CegeSoma Public History Meetings related to the Second World War, from 2019 to the present.

23 April 2019 : The use of Violence in Times of War (Gebruik van geweld in oorlogstijd) with Frank Seberechts and Bruno De Wever interviewed by Bart Willems
16 May 2019 : The Story of Hope of Armed Resistance Member Sarah Goldberg (film screening + debate at the Cinematek in the presence of the director Patricia Niedzwiecki)
19 June 2019 : Current challenges for a war museum? (visit of the new museum + debate with Wannes Devos and Kevin Gony interviewed by Chantal Kesteloot)
30 September 2019 : When photography becomes a historical source in its own right with Mélanie Bost, Alain Colignon, Chantal Kesteloot and Bénédicte Rochet interviewed by Anne Roekens

22 September 2021 : Verdinaso. Résistant. Élu. Frantz Van Dorpe en tension avec la démocratie libérale (Verdinaso, verzet, verkozen: Frantz Van Dorpe en het gevecht met de liberale democratie) with Vincent Stuer and Jan Creve interviewed by Koen Aerts
13 October 2021 : Belgium, Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. A Guide to Sources on of the History of Colonization. Towards a better shared heritage! with Pierre-Alain Tallier and Marie Van Eeckenrode interviewed by Chantal Kesteloot
17 November 2021 : Interférences : Radios, collaborations et répressions en Belgique (1939-1949) with Céline Rase interviewed by Jean-Philippe Schreiber

20 April 2022 : German war prisoners in Belgium after the Second World War with Pierre Muller interviewed by Alain Colignon
8 June 2022 : Ukraine : Clash of nationalisms during two world wars, with Alain Colignon interviewed by Chantal Kesteloot
19 October 2022 : The energy crisis: a sense of 'déjà vu'? with Guy Coppieters interviewed by Dirk Luyten
16 November 2022 : Fallen from the sky. The fate of pilots shot down in Europe, 1939-1945, with Claire Andrieu interviewed by Alain Colignon
21 December 2022 : The rescue of Antwerp diamonds in May '40, with Bruno Comer interviewed by Dirk Luyten

25 January 2023 : How did the Nazis manage to plunder so many works of art in Belgium? with Geert Sels interviewed by Kim Oosterlinck
22 February 2023 : The mystery of the headless woman with Myriam Leroy interviewed by Chantal Kesteloot
22 March 2023 : A covert life with Kristof Bohez interviewed by Guy Vanthemsche
24 May 2023 : You will be of great service to England, 1943-1945. The odyssey of Jacques de Duve with Charles-Albert de Behault interviewed by Fabrice Maerten
25 October 2023 : Away from the City ! The Antwerp exodus to West Flanders 1944-1945 with Patrick Buyse interviewed by Bruno De Wever
29 November 2023 : The last 242 executions in Belgium: military justice and executions as part of the repression of collaboration after World War II with Élise Rezsöhazy, Dimitri Roden, Stanislas Horvat and Dirk Luyten
20 December 2023 : Crime Scenes. Police photography, a witness to the judicial investigation with, Laurence Druez, Xavier Rousseaux and Pierre Simon interviewed by Alain Colignon

13 March 2024 : Escaping Nazi Europe Understanding the experiences of Belgian soldiers and civilians in World War II with Bernard Wilkin and Bob Moore interviewed by Pieter Lagrou
15 May 2024 : De afrekening. Geweld tegen collaborateurs in Antwerpen, 1918 en 1944-1945 with Antoon Vrints interviewed by Bruno De Wever
28 May 2024 : The Ladies of Ravensbrück: A Contribution to the Belgian Memorial of Women Deported to Ravensbrück, 1939–1945 with Claire Pahaut interviewed by Pierre-Alain Tallier
5 June 2024 : Wallonia between Blacks and Reds: Another Perspective on the Political Tensions of the Interwar Period with Alain Colignon interviewed by Chantal Kesteloot
19 June 2024 : World War II in podcasts with Romane Carmon, Perrine Sokal and Constance Hautier interviewed by Éric Loze
26 September 2024 : The Resistance in Antwerp with Nel de Mûelenaere and Nico Wouters interviewed by Jan Naert
10 October 2024 : Silent Resistance: The war years of August Vermeylen 1939-1945 with Hans Vandevoorde and Koen Aerts and an introduction by An Rydant

26 February 2025 : Mechelen, 1940–1945: Biography of a City at War with An Rydant and Geert Clerbout interviewed by Widukind De Ridder
13 March 2025 : The Royal Military Museum: a lively place for history with Wannes Devos interviewed by Bruno De Wever
23 April 2025 : Borms, a family between collaboration and resistance with Anne Duchaine interviewed by Aline Cordonnier
22 May 2025 : Show Apartments: The Spoliation of Jewish Tenants in Paris, 1940–1946 with Sarah Gensburger interviewed by Laurence Schramme
19 June 2025 : Commemorating the Holocaust in green spaces: tensions and contestations in London and Amsterdam with Alana Castro de Azevedo interviewed by Bruno Benvindo
15 October 2025 : German propaganda services in Belgium and occupied northern France (1940-1944) with Louis Fortemps interviewed by Chantal Kesteloot
12 November 2O25 : Confronting family stories with historical reality with Björn Rzoska and Timmie Van Diepen interviewed by Dimitri Roden
10 December 2025 : Unfinished Past. Spain under Franco and after Franco with Vincent Scheltiens Ortigosa interviewed by Widukind De Ridder

25 March 2026 : La guerre secrète des agents parachutistes belges 1940-1945 with Marie Marchand and Jean-Claude Maréchal interviewed by Fabrice Maerten