Holocaust in Belgium

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The Holocaust in Belgium refers to the systematic persecution, deportation, and murder of Belgian Jews and Roma by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II.

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Holocaust in Belgium canonical 2

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Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust in Europe ⓘ
crime against humanity ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Belgian Jews ⓘ
Roma ⓘ
Sinti ⓘ
foreign Jews residing in Belgium ⓘ
stateless Jews in Belgium ⓘ
cause Nazi antisemitism ⓘ
Nazi racial ideology ⓘ
implementation of the Final Solution ⓘ
collaborator Belgian collaborators ⓘ
Flemish National Union ⓘ
Rexist Party ⓘ
commemoratedOn 27 January ⓘ
International Holocaust Remembrance Day ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
deportationDestination Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Buchenwald concentration camp ⓘ
linked to: Buchenwald

Ravensbrück concentration camp ⓘ
Sachsenhausen concentration camp ⓘ
endTime 1944-09 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Nazi occupation of Belgium ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
legalContext German military occupation of Belgium ⓘ
Nazi racial laws ⓘ
linked to: NurembergLaws
location Antwerp ⓘ
Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Buchenwald concentration camp ⓘ
linked to: Buchenwald

Fort Breendonk ⓘ
German-occupied Belgium ⓘ
Kazerne Dossin ⓘ
Mechelen ⓘ
Ravensbrück concentration camp ⓘ
Sachsenhausen concentration camp ⓘ
mainDeportationCenter Kazerne Dossin transit camp ⓘ
linked to: Kazerne Dossin

Mechelen transit camp ⓘ
memorial Fort Breendonk National Memorial ⓘ
linked to: Fort Breendonk

Holocaust memorials in Antwerp ⓘ
Holocaust memorials in Brussels ⓘ
Kazerne Dossin Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre on Holocaust and Human Rights ⓘ
linked to: Kazerne Dossin
notableEvent attack on the 20th convoy from Mechelen to Auschwitz ⓘ
notableEventDate 1943-04-19 ⓘ
notableEventDescription Belgian resistance members attacked the 20th deportation train from Mechelen to Auschwitz and freed dozens of Jewish deportees ⓘ
numberOfVictims approximately 25000 Jews deported from Belgium ⓘ
approximately 25000 Jews murdered ⓘ
approximately 250000 Jews living in Belgium before the war ⓘ
thousands of Jewish children placed in hiding ⓘ
opposedBy Belgian resistance ⓘ
Catholic Church in Belgium ⓘ
Comité de Défense des Juifs ⓘ
Jewish Defense Committee ⓘ
partOf Holocaust ⓘ
perpetrator Feldgendarmerie ⓘ
linked to: German gendarmerie

German occupation authorities in Belgium ⓘ
Gestapo ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
SS ⓘ
Sicherheitsdienst ⓘ
policy anti-Jewish legislation ⓘ
compulsory wearing of the yellow Star of David ⓘ
confiscation of Jewish property ⓘ
deportation to extermination camps ⓘ
forced labor of Jews ⓘ
forced registration of Jews ⓘ
ghettoization measures without formal ghettos ⓘ
proportionOfVictims about 44 percent of Jews in Belgium were murdered ⓘ
result destruction of Jewish communities in Belgium ⓘ
mass murder of Jews in Belgium ⓘ
persecution of Roma and Sinti in Belgium ⓘ
startTime 1940-05-10 ⓘ
victimGroup Jewish children in hiding ⓘ

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Kazerne Dossin → focusesOn → Holocaust in Belgium ⓘ