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Vor 2 Tagen · The atrocities that they committed against the Belgian population as they marched across the country came to be known as the Rape of Belgium. Around 6,500 civilians were killed in Belgium and northern France by the German army in the summer of 1914 under the policy of terror (schrecklichkeit).
Belgium declared war on Germany for the first time in its history, which caused German armies to rush Belgium on August 3 on the city of Liège, which they seized. On August 8, the city officially fell into German hands. The Belgian army, however, put up more resistance than the German strategists had expected. The resistance of the forts, numerous around Liège, slowed down the German advance ...
- 21 August 1914
- Belgian civilians
5. Mai 2024 · The skull of a Congolese leader, Lusinga Iwa Ng’ombe, who fought back against Belgian colonial invaders in the late 19th century, ended up in a box at the Institute for Natural Sciences in...
On this day, 18 November 1889, King Leopold II organised an anti-slavery conference in Brussels. A key moment for abolitionism, or part of the Scramble for Africa? Saturday, 18 November 2023. By Ugo Realfonzo. Leopold II giving a speech on Congo at the Bourse in 1893 on the left, and Belgian King Leopold II. Credit: Creative Commons.
29. Apr. 2024 · Finally, indignation among people in Britain and other parts of Europe grew so great that Leopold was forced to transfer his authority in the Congo to the Belgian government. In 1908 the Congo Free State was abolished and replaced by the Belgian Congo, a colony controlled by the Belgian parliament.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Vor 6 Tagen · In Belgium, the focal points of the rage were the statues of King Leopold II who presided over the pillaging of Congo’s natural resources and the violent exploitation of its population. The sovereign’s rule was brutal, even by the standards of 19th-century imperialism.
4. Mai 2024 · Assessments of the tasks performed by CADTM Belgium for the network’s joint international Secretariat 9 February 2022 - CADTM Belgique; In memory of Patrice Lumumba, assassinated on 17 January 1961 17 January 2021 - Eric Toussaint; Regrets, Apologies and Repair for Belgium’s Colonial Harms
