Breendonk is a village in the municipality of Puurs-Sint-Amands in the province of Antwerp, Belgium, with a population of 3,000, halfway between Brussels and Antwerp.
^ ab"Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 12030C". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
Fort Breendonk (Dutch: Fort van Breendonk, French: Fort de Breendonk) is a former military installation at Breendonk, near Mechelen, Belgium, which served...
Breendonk is a village in the municipality of Puurs-Sint-Amands in the province of Antwerp, Belgium, with a population of 3,000, halfway between Brussels...
time Allied forces liberated the camps. The former Belgian army fort at Breendonk, near Mechelen, was requisitioned by the Nazis and used for detainment...
in captivity. The Germans requisitioned the former Belgian army Fort Breendonk, near Mechelen, which was used for torture and interrogation of political...
seen at the Gross-Rosen, and Theresienstadt camps, as well as at Fort Breendonk in Belgium. At the Monowitz camp (also known as Auschwitz III), the slogan...
Breweries called Steendonk (referring to the villages of Steenhuffel and Breendonk where the brewers are located).[citation needed] In 2000, a new beer (Passendale)...
located in the Flemish Region. The municipality comprised the towns of Breendonk, Liezele, Kalfort [nl], Ruisbroek (old spelling: Ruysbroeck) and Puurs...
owned by Rodinný pivovar Bernard, a. s. (shareholders: Duvel Moortgat NV, Breendonk, Belgium 50%, Stanislav Bernard 25%, Josef Vávra 25%). The era of beer...
German officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS) who served as commandant of Fort Breendonk, a Nazi prison camp in German-occupied Belgium during World War II. For...
In 1940, the German army requisitioned a former Belgian army fort at Breendonk and transformed it into an Anhaltelager or prison camp. Initially, the...
He was born in Ixelles on 23 May 1924 and died on 10 May 1943 in Fort Breendonk. He was hanged by the Germans for assassinating the Belgian collaborator...
subject of the song De Brug van Willebroek by Wannes Van de Velde. Fort Breendonk "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved...
commandant in Dachau (1933–1939), went on to become camp commandant at Fort Breendonk, Belgium SS-Sturmbannführer Robert Erspenmüller, first warden of the guards...
rarely used. During World War II, the Gestapo used it especially in the Breendonk prison in Belgium. It became more popular after World War II as a means...
Schmitt born 10 November 1902. Commandant of the concentration camp Fort Breendonk and the SS-Sammellager Mecheln. Tried and Executed 9 August 1950 44291...
Global Information
Belgium