The History of the Second World War Must Not Become a Safe Past
Remembrance has replaced history as the dominant way of working through our feelings about the Second World War.
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High Road to Culture in Flanders and the Netherlands
Remembrance has replaced history as the dominant way of working through our feelings about the Second World War.
The importance of the resistance during World War II doesn’t form part of the Belgian collective memory. That’s remarkable, as the resistance represents an impressive achievement.
At the beginning of the First World War, one million Belgians fled to the Netherlands. “More so than the Afghans, Ukrainians now are more similar to Belgian refugees back then.”