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High Road to Culture in Flanders and the Netherlands
In the 14th century, up to half of the European population died of the Black Death after it first struck in 1348. Jews were often blamed for the plague and subsequently burned at the stake as punishment.
Derek Blyth invites you to discover the Jewish Community of Antwerp, one of the largest in Europe.
In his call to remain alert to a new anti-Semitism, Dutch writer Arnon Grunberg referred to the Holocaust during National Remembrance Day. According to Hind Fraihi, he shouldn't have done that.
The Amsterdam house where Jewish writer Etty Hillesum wrote her famous diary during WWII is in danger of being demolished. Philippe Noble, who translated her work into French, tells us why the writings she left behind are still as powerful ...
At a time when the world of printing and typography was still a very male domain, the female graphic designer Fré Cohen occupied a unique place.
From Nazi Germany to the current refugee crisis: Hind Fraihi argues antisemites have always found ways to blame the Jews.
What can the National Holocaust Museum say that has not been said before by dozens of other Dutch museums and memorial sites concerning the history and the persecution of the Jews?
92-year-old Holocaust survivor Simon Gronowski talks about his spectacular escape from a deportation train to Auschwitz, why he befriended the son of Flemish Nazi supporters, and reminds us why we should remain vigilant against political ex...
During the German occupation, around 250 people hid in Amsterdam Artis Zoo to escape from Nazi persecution.
On 31 March 2020, we celebrated Marga Minco’s 100th birthday. Her oeuvre is an incessant attempt to come to terms with the war past by constantly creating new literary variants of it.
What did 'the Kurant' write about and who were its readers?
On the eve of the First World War, three Dutch friends believed they could make the world a better place by walking around the globe and propagating socialism in Esperanto.
