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Memorijalni Centar Lipa Pamti – Memorial Centre Lipa Remembers

by EUROM | Sep 4, 2019

After the capitulation of Italy in September 1943, the region to which Lipa belongs – the Liburnian Karst area – was controlled very quickly by the German army, although officially it was still part of the Italian Social Republic under the command of...

National Memorial Fort Breendonk

by EUROM | Jun 11, 2018

History In the context of the German unification in 1870 and the outbreak of the French-German war of 1870-1871, there was a growing realization in Belgium that threats might not merely stem from the French, but also from the German side. In 1906, the law titled ‘plan...

Nationaal Monument Kamp Amersfoort

by EUROM | Mar 19, 2018

Kamp Amersfoort (Camp Amersfoort) started off as a Dutch military barrack camp named Barakkenkamp Appelweg (Barrack Camp Appel road) and initially consisted of six barracks in a square formation. In 1939, the camp started to house Dutch soldiers that were mobilized to...