La Belgique et la persécution des Juifs

What was the responsibility of the Belgian authorities in the persecution of the Jews in Belgium during the Second World War? It is this crucial question that this book attempts to give a clear but nuanced answer to.

It was written by a former member of the scientific team of Cegesoma who at present teaches at the Facultés Notre-Dame de la Paix in Namur. La Belgique et la persécution des Juifs places the events in their particular context and describes the different elements that led the authorities of a democratic state to participate in the execution of the Endlösung.

La Belgique et la persécution des Juifs is an abridged version of the impressive report published by the Cegesoma in 2007 at the request of the Belgian Senate. The book is an accessible synthesis of La Belgique docile presenting a chronological description of events, informative sidebars, documents, iconographical material and timelines. All different approaches to an issue which asks fundamental questions about the (dis)functioning of democracy.

La Belgique docile for the general public