Hollandsche Schouwburg – National Holocaust Memorial

by EUROM | Jul 19, 2018

Historical Description The Hollandse Schouwburg (Dutch theater) was opened on the 5th of May 1892 in the Amsterdam Plantage District, it was designed by the Dutch architect Cornelis Antonius Bombach. Initially it was named the Artis Schouwburg, but two years later it...

Red Star Line Museum

by EUROM | Jul 16, 2018

History The Red Star Line was founded in 1872 in Antwerp as the Société Anonyme de Navigation Belge Américaine (SANBA). Its creation was a joint effort between the International Navigation Company, a shipbroking company started by Peter Wright & Sons a year prior,...

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...

Camp d’internement du Barcarés

by EUROM | Oct 10, 2016

[Picture: Republican refugees standing under a sign saying “Gran-Hotel Euzkeldun no. 95” at an internment camp for Spanish exiles, Le Barcarès, France. The Robert Capa and Cornell Capa Archive, 2014] Franco’s army supporting the coup d’état steadily...