{"id":8007,"date":"2017-10-10T07:16:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T05:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/c2dh-en\/articles\/belgium-world-war-ii-new-online-access-to-information-about-the-occupation-1940-1944\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T10:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T08:26:06","slug":"belgium-world-war-ii-new-online-access-to-information-about-the-occupation-1940-1944","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/c2dh-en\/articles\/belgium-world-war-ii-new-online-access-to-information-about-the-occupation-1940-1944\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium World War II. New online access to information about the Occupation 1940-1944"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On 27 September 2017, a new website was launched by CegeSoma (the Belgian Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society): Belgium World WarII. A virtual platform on Belgium and its population during WWII. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funded by Belspo, this two-year-project was inspired by the observation that Belgium does not have a museum that offers a national perspective on WWII.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plans developed since the Liberation in 1944 never came to fruition because of the political consequences of divided memories of the war among the Flemish and Walloon populations. The topoi of Wallonia as a place of Resistance and Flanders as a place of collaboration and a victim of the post-1945 \u201clegal purge\u201d have long dominated public discussions, although historical research has deconstructed these topoi at least since the 1990s. Current public debates still demonstrate the need for a reliable source of information on WWII in Belgium based on high-quality research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A virtual platform on Belgium and its population during World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n