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How did the Nazis manage to plunder so many works of art in Belgium?

A conference-debate in Dutch with guest Geert Sels interviewed by Kim Oosterlinck...
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The rescue of Antwerp diamonds in May '40.

Conference-debate (in Dutch) with Bruno Comer as guest speaker . A discussion led by Dirk Luyten (...
Bruno De Wever & Koen Aerts, copyrights Thomas De Boever
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“Oorlogscafés”: Collaboration and repression in Flanders

On 24 November, Koen Aerts ( UGent /State...

Claire Andrieu, Tombés du ciel. Le sort des pilotes abattus en Europe, 1939-1945.
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Fallen from the sky. The fate of pilots shot down in Europe, 1939-1945.

Conference-debate in French with guest Claire Andrieu (Sciences Po, Paris) An interview conducted...
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Study Day on the Resistance at the State Archives in Liège

On 17 October 2022, the State Archives in Liège and CegeSoma organised an information and...

Illustration : affiche de recrutement 'Il crée de la richesse' conçue par André Linglet, ca 1950 (Archives du musée de la mine de Beringen)
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The energy crisis: a sense of 'déjà vu'?

Conference-debate in Dutch with guest Guy Coppieters (State Archives). An interview by Dirk Luyten...
Cinema Capitole in Gent, photo no 5937, copyrights CegeSoma/State Archives
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Media and cultural life in occupied Western Europe (1940-1945)

Press, radio, cinema, literature, theatre, spectacles… In German-occupied...

Projet

Resistance in Flanders (2022 - )

“French-speaking Belgium resisted, Flanders collaborated”. This tenacious...

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The SNCB/NMBS and deportations during WWII (2022 - 2023 )

At the request of the Belgian government, the Study and Documentation Centre...

Illustration: Werner Hilgemann, Atlas zur Deutschen Zeitgeschichte 1918-1968, München Zürich, Piper, 1984, p. 144.
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Ukraine : Clash of nationalisms during two world wars

Conference-debate (in French) with Alain Colignon (CegeSoma/State Archives) as guest speaker A...
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Military justice and executions in the context of post-World War II repression in Belgium: the results of the Postwarex research project

After World War II, 242 people who were sentenced to death by military...

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Which future for the Journal of Belgian History?

In spring 2012 was published the first issue of the new Journal of Belgian...

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The Resistance in Belgium during the Second World War

CegeSoma is pleased to invite you on 25 April to a study day about the Resistance in Belgium...

Les barbelés de la vengeance? Les prisonniers allemands en Belgique.
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Les prisonniers de guerre allemands en Belgique après la Seconde Guerre mondiale (German war prisoners in Belgium after the Second World War)

Conference-debate ( in French ) with guest Pierre Muller ( War Heritage Institute )...
Fighting Hunger, Dealing with Shortage. Everyday Life under Occupation in World War II: A Source Edition
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Shortage and hunger in occupied Europe

World War II and the resulting occupation by Nazi Germany are inextricably...

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Les transmissions. La guerre en héritage. (TheTransmissions. The Legacy of War). ( 2020-2021)

In 2017 the research project ' Transmemo ' on...

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