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Between Sabotage and Collaboration: The Belgian and Dutch Railways Under Nazi Rule
6 March 2025
Caught between economic need and Nazi demands, the Belgian and Dutch railways continued to run during the Second World War. Some workers resisted, while others followed orders, aiding in the deportation of thousands of Jews, Roma and other persecuted groups. Apologies and reparations came slowly: th
New Holocaust Museum Shows The Persecution Of Jews In Its True Colours
13 March 2024
Knowledge about the Holocaust and the role played by the Dutch in it is declining - especially among young people. High time, then, for the new National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam. But what can this museum say that has not been said before by dozens of other Dutch museums and memorial sites conce
Art for Das Reich: The Forgotten Stories Behind Nazi-Looted Art
13 June 2023
Investigative journalist Geert Sels spent eight years researching Nazi-looted art in Belgium. In Kunst voor das Reich (Art for Das Reich), he brings many histories of robbery, collaboration and restitution to light for the first time. His book is also an appeal to the Belgian government to tackle th
The Battle of the Bulge Sealed Nazi Germany’s Fate
13 December 2019
On 16 December 1944, the Germans launched their last major western offensive campaign of World War II. Operation Mist, better known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, took place in the densely forested Ardennes region of Belgium and was intended to split the Allied forces and re-
The Amsterdam Zoo Was a Hiding Place to Escape From the Nazis
10 December 2019
At the Amsterdam Light Festival, which illuminates the city with the most wonderful works of art, one light installation refers to a dark page in Dutch history. Hiding in the Wolf’s Lair brings back alive the fact that during the Second World War, the Amsterdam Artis Zoo served as a hiding place f