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Simon Gronowski’s Great Escape from the 20th Nazi Convoy

10 January 2024

Meet Simon Gronowski, a 92-year-old jazz pianist and lawyer from Brussels, and, above all, a Holocaust survivor who escaped from a deportation train to Auschwitz.

The Battle of Arnhem: An Unfortunate Bridge Too Far

17 September 2019

The Battle of Arnhem, which was fought from 17 to 25 September 1944, famously ended in failure for the Allied forces. On the contrary, for the German troops, the clash meant a final major military victory.

Black Liberators: African-American Soldiers in the Netherlands

12 September 2019

A travelling exhibition pays tribute to the forgotten black soldiers who helped to liberate the Netherlands during the Second World War.

The Man Who Dresses George Clooney

11 September 2019

Peter De Brabander from the East Flanders village of Denderbelle is the Quartermaster Inspector, alias the QMI. For laymen, that is a reference to the corps that supplied all the logistics for the army during WOII. From uniforms to weapons, vehicles, parachutes, drink bottles and many, many other it

Liberation of Belgium: More than ‘Cigarettes for Dad’ and ‘Chocolates for Mummy’

5 September 2019

The commemorative ceremonies marking the liberation of Belgium, 75 years ago by now, spark memories of a joyful age in which friendly tanks triumphantly rolled down the streets. The unbridled enthusiasm Belgians witnessed back then is magnified today, and re-enacted here and there. However, those re

When the Netherlands Was Suffering Through the Hunger Winter

4 September 2019

Although liberation was in sight, in the Netherlands the harsh winter of 1944-1945 became a symbol of the people’s suffering during World War II. More than twenty-thousand people died of hunger and cold. The severe wartime winter became known as the Hunger Winter.

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