Who are we? CegeSoma is the fourth operational direction of the State Archives and the Belgian centre of expertise for the history of 20th century conflicts. We conduct fundamental historical research, develop public history projects, conserve archives and documentation and are engaged in societal debate.
It was seventy years ago last summer that the Korean War (1950-1953) ended in an armistice. A real peace never happened. In the summer of 2025, we will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the start of the war.
After World War Two, in Belgium, 242 collaborators and war criminals condemned to death were shot. Not...Read more
During World War I, at a time when Belgium and northern France were under particularly harsh...Read more
On 1 April 2019, a major part of the photographic...Read more
![Brussels in WWII: bombed-out houses, [1940-1945], photo no. 287.378, col. A. Tourovets copyrights CegeSoma/State Archives.](https://www.cegesoma.be/sites/www.cegesoma.be/files/styles/3_2_desktop/public/news/287378.jpg?itok=UeZxLMxG "Brussels in WWII: bombed-out houses, [1940-1945], photo no. 287.378, col. A. Tourovets copyrights CegeSoma/State Archives.")
![Negotiating Table of the Locarno Treaties. Ticino Italy France Switzerland Germany United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Belgium Locarno, 1925. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -10-05] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670573/.](https://www.cegesoma.be/sites/www.cegesoma.be/files/styles/3_2_desktop/public/projects/canvas.png?itok=YpUSv61g "Negotiating Table of the Locarno Treaties. Ticino Italy France Switzerland Germany United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Belgium Locarno, 1925. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -10-05] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670573/.")
