This book is the first of its kind in English, and contains the updated and annotated papers presented at a conference held at Bar-Ilan University.
A broad range of scholars from Belgium, France, and Israel discuss issues such as the make-up of Belgian Jewry before the war; Nazi anti-Jewish policies; attitudes of various segments of Belgian society to the Jews before, during, and after the occupation; Jewish strategies and activities for survival; reconstruction in the aftermath of war; contacts with the Yishuv in Palestine; emigration to the United States; and the policies of postwar commemoration.

“…this collection plays an important role in illuminating a country which has never been a focus of interest in Holocaust research, but which shows all the signs of becoming one in the years to come.” [Shlomo Deshen, Ha’aretz, November 5, 1999]

“This collection, with its broad scope, will undoubtedly succeed in promoting knowledge and encouraging research on the Holocaust in Belgium. Michman and his colleagues have made a fundamental contribution to the historiography of the Holocaust.” [Gesher, Summer 2000]