‘Was Opa een held? Speuren naar mannen en vrouwen in het verzet tijdens WOII’ / ‘Papy était-un héros ? Sur les traces des hommes et des femmes dans la Résistance pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale’. An indispensable book to discover the history of the resistance in Belgium and to explore the actions and individual fates of the ca. 150.000 Belgian resistance fighters.
NEW PUBLICATION
8 MAY
Why was this day never put on equal footing with 11 November in Belgium ? 75 years after the end of WWII, there are voices that say we should turn the 8th of May in a national holiday ; not for the sake of festivities but as a moment of reflection and appreciation for our democracy.
75 YEARS AGO
What were current events during the Spring of 1945… and what where the forgotten subjects ? Discover these topics in about 20 contributions.
PUBLICATION ASSOCIATED RESEARCHER
In his book ‘Uit de lus van de strop’ Marc Verschooris, associated researcher at CegeSoma, tells how people from the city of Ghent defended the Jewish population during WWII.
PANDEMIC COVID-19
The ‘exitplan’ of the State Archives in Belgium/CegeSoma from the Corona-closure and the gradual reopening of our reading rooms.
