When the University of Leuven Library was burnt down – twice!
The burning of the University of Leuven Library in 1914 led to the loss of a quarter of a million manuscripts. 26 years later it was burnt down again.
Second World War
Suzanne Spaak: from wealthy socialite to resistance fighter
Suzanne Spaak was a courageous Belgian operative in the French Resistance during the Second World War.
Hortense Daman Clews: Wartime resistance heroine and concentration camp survivor
Hortense Clews (born Hortense Daman) was a courageous member of the Belgian resistance movement in her teens, and a survivor of Ravensbrück.
Augusta Chiwy: World War Two Nurse
The uplifting story of Augusta Chiwy, a nurse who displayed great courage in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.