Museo Casa de la Memoria – Alcaldia de Medellín

Museo Casa de la Memoria – Alcaldia de Medellín

Casa de la Memoria Museum was created in 2006 as an initiative of the Municipal Unit for Victim Attention and Reparation of Medellin, Colombia, in order to contribute to the comprehension and overcoming of the armed conflict and the diverse kinds of violence of...
National Memorial Fort Breendonk

National Memorial Fort Breendonk

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...
Herrinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork

Herrinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork

While Camp Westerbork is mainly known for the period between 1942 and 1945, it was initially built in the summer of 1939 to house Jewish refugees coming from Germany. The acceptance of Jewish refugees into the Netherlands, however, was initially certainly not the...
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