5/5 Graham d. 6 years ago on Google • 344 reviews
A
highly
emotional
and
poignant
experience
in
the
serene
and
respectful
surroundings
of
a
monument
to
those
persecuted
by
the
Nazi
occupation
and
certain
collaborators.
A
heart
of
stone
would
be
required
to
keep
from
tearing
up
while
you
walk
the
corridors
of
photos
,
audio
visual
commentary
,
statistics
,
personal
effects
,
artefacts
,
horrid
stories
of
torture
and
the
tearing
apart
of
lives
and
families
-
men
,
women
,
and
children
.
The
enormous
photo
walls
of
the
faces
of
the
28800+
deportees
from
Kazerne
Dossin
of
the
"Give
them
a
Face"
initiative
pay
tribute
to
the
persecuted
and
put
faces
to
the
numbers.
Personalising
what
the
criminal
oppressors
did
everything
in
their
power
to
de-personalise
.
In
these
days
of
populist,
nationalist,
xenophobic,
repressive
,
prejudice,
and
anti
immigrant
sentiment
a
visit
to
museums
and
sites
such
as
this
should
be
required
for
all
children
and
adults
.
It
bears
witness
to
the
effect
of
creeping
and
unopposed
discrimination
,
repression
,
and
racism
.
Humans
are
all
equal
.
The
events
that
this
shrine
was
built
to
immortalise
should
not
fall
from
our
memory
now
or
from
the
memory
of
any
future
generation
.
We
must
never
forget
.
#peace
(Footnote:
Maybe
a
missed
opportunity
to
give
a
name
and
a
face
and
honour
to
those
who
saved
so
many
children
from
being
transported
-
the
nuns
next
door
in
the
convent
and
Bruno
Ceupens
for
example
-
who
are
righteous
amongst
nations
)
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