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A view of the Breendonk internment camp. Breendonk, Belgium, postwar. [LCID: 41204]
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Nazi Germany conquered Belgium in May 1940. Between 1942-1944, German authorities deported nearly 25,000 Belgian Jews to Auschwitz. However, another almost 25,000 Jews avoided deportation due to the considerable support for the resistance in Belgium. Explore content related to Belgium during the Holocaust and World War II. 

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American soldiers of the 8th Infantry Regiment seek cover behind hedges and signs to return fire to German forces holding the town ... [LCID: 80482]
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8th Infantry troops approach a town in Belgium
The Anciaux family with Annie and Charles Klein (front), Jewish children whom they sheltered during the war. [LCID: 05023]
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A rescuer family with Jewish children they sheltered
Air war in Flanders: Western Campaign [LCID: dff0746f]
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Air war in Flanders: Western Campaign
Augusta Feldhorn stands next to a nun while in hiding. [LCID: 58193]
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Augusta Feldhorn in hiding
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Battle of the Bulge: Photographs
Prisoner names scratched on the wall of the Breendonk internment camp.
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Belgium
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Belgium - Animated Map/Map
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Belgium - Photograph
A billboard advertising an anti-Masonic exhibition organized by the anti-Masonic Belgian league, "L'Epuration," in the Masonic Supreme ... [LCID: 90033]
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Billboard Advertising an Anti-Masonic Exhibition in Brussels, Belgium
The barbed wire fence that enclosed the Breendonk concentration camp.
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Breendonk
Breendonk internment camp, 1942 [LCID: brd22040]
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Breendonk internment camp, 1942
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Breendonk - Photographs
View of the courtyard in the Breendonk fortress prison where prisoners lined up for roll call. [LCID: 41207]
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Courtyard used for roll call in Breendonk transit camp
Defeat of Belgium [LCID: dfo0733f]
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Defeat of Belgium
Dr. Johan Hendrik Weidner [LCID: 5964]
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Dr. Johan Hendrik Weidner
Entrance to the Breendonk internment camp. Breendonk, Belgium, 1940-1944. [LCID: 41203]
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Entrance to the Breendonk internment camp

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