Antwerp Commemorates - Antwerp commemorates World War II

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The flying bombs (V-1s) started raining down on Antwerp one month after the city was liberated. Download the app to your smartphone or tablet or take a virtual tour on your PC.

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The persecution of Jews during World War II is one of the darkest chapters in the city’s history. Download the app or take a virtual tour.

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Antwerp's war scars

Here are some important events in World War II in Antwerp. View them on the map or chronologically on the timeline.

August 1942

The first large-scale raids on Jews in the city

20 and 21 November 1942

Executions of Antwerp members of the resistance movement at the shooting range in D’Herbouvillekaai

October - November 1944

The Battle of the Scheldt: the Allies and the Germans fight to control the port

16 December 1944

A V2 falls on Cinema Rex: 567 people died

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Antwerp commemorates World War II

Events commemorating World War II in Antwerp

Digital walk - 167 days of bombs and terror

Guided walk

Digital walk – The persecution of Jews in Antwerp during WWII

Guided walk

Antwerp's war scars

August 1942

The first large-scale raids on Jews in the city

20 and 21 November 1942

Executions of Antwerp members of the resistance movement at the shooting range in D’Herbouvillekaai

October - November 1944

The Battle of the Scheldt: the Allies and the Germans fight to control the port

16 December 1944

A V2 falls on Cinema Rex: 567 people died

Themes

Resistance or collaboration

The end of the war: the liberation of Antwerp and its port

Antwerp’s city council during the occupation

Daily life and survival in occupied Antwerp

The persecution of the Jews in Antwerp

Bombing raids and V-weapons on Antwerp