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...

Rab Concentration Camp

by EUROM | Mar 27, 2017

In order to crush partisan resistance in Ljubljana, Fascist Italy carried out raids beginning in February 1942 and the majority of arrested civilians were sent to Rab (or Arbe in Italian), the largest concentration camp in Italian-occupied territory. Established in...

Gonars Concentration Camp

by EUROM | Mar 27, 2017

The Gonars concentration camp was located in the town of Gonars, in the province of Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in the northeast of Italy, near the border with modern-day Slovenia. The region has been a hub for much interaction and exchange between the two...

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...