Belgium's state-owned railway shines light on Holocaust role
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“Belgium's state-owned railway system was used as a tool for deportation during World War II.”
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— Despite being neutral at the start of World War II, Belgium and its colonial possessions found themselves at war after the country was invaded by German forces on 10 May 1940. After 18 days of fightin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium_in_World_War_II
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— World War II, or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945), was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participa…
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— After World War II, both the Federal Republic and Democratic Republic of Germany were obliged to pay war reparations to the Allied governments, according to the Potsdam Conference. Italian, Romanian, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_reparations
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“Simon Gronowski and his family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1943.”
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— On 19 April 1943, members of the Belgian Resistance stopped a Holocaust train and freed a number of Jews who were being transported to Auschwitz concentration camp from Mechelen transit camp in Belgiu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_the_twentieth_convoy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_the_twentieth_convoy
“Approximately 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, with around 1.1 million killed in Auschwitz.”
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“Koenraad Tinel was born into a family of Belgian Nazi collaborators.”
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— Simon Gronowski (born October 12, 1931) is a doctor of law, lawyer, jazz pianist, Holocaust survivor and author of the autobiography "L'Enfant du XXe Convoi" (The Child of the 20th Convoy). He served …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gronowski
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“The Belgian National Railway Company (SNCB) cooperated with Nazi occupiers from 1940.”
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“Between 1941 and 1944, the SNCB assisted in deporting 189,542 Belgian forced laborers, 25,490 Jews, 16,081 political prisoners, and 353 Roma.”
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“Deportations from Belgium to Germany and concentration camps used a route passing through Mechelen, Leuven, and Aachen.”
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“Payments for railway operations during the war were managed by the Mitteleuropäisches Reisebüro.”
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“The first 19 Jewish transports to Auschwitz-Birkenau used third-class passenger carriages, while subsequent transports used freight cars.”
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“Belgian railway personnel conducted deportations up to the German border under German armed supervision.”
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