Holocaust in Belgium

Michel Baert, right, and two commemoration activists laying a wreath at a Holocaust monument in Boortmeerbeek, Belgium on April 19, 2020. (Michel Baert)

Belgian police charge 3 for commemorating Holocaust in violation of coronavirus rules

One of those named said they wore face masks, kept distance and limited the action to only three to avoid violating emergency measures.

Lawmakers worry about the future of Belgium’s Holocaust museum after historians resign in Israel spat

The Kazerne Dossin museum has been swept up in the pan-European debate about attitudes toward Israel.

Catholic group to honor activist promoting sanctions on Israel at Holocaust museum

Brigitte Herremans, who is to be named “ambassador of peace” at the Kazerne Dossin former Nazi camp, once said Israel’s supporters “vastly inflate” anti-Semitism.

Global

Belgium prince says criticism of his conduct reminds him of the Holocaust

Global

Dutch university’s professor emeritus questions Holocaust on TV, calls Jews ‘parasites’

Global

Belgium exempts Holocaust survivors it fined for alleged tax evasion

Global

Antwerp Jews protest moving of Holocaust monument to ‘quieter place’

First Person

How my JTA reporting about an anti-Semitic cartoon changed my views of Belgium — for the worse

First Person

As Jews flee Belgium, a seder marks a family exodus

Culture

Who are the Jews of Belgium? A primer

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