SOUTH-EAST-FLANDERS ----- ZUID-OOST-VLAANDEREN
FLEMISH ARDENNES ----- VLAAMSE ARDENNEN
FLANDERS - BELGIUM ----- VLAANDEREN - BELGIE
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1918 - 1965 On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded Belgium. A daily ration system was introduced, that, as the war continued, became less and less nutritious. Countryside life was relatively bearable. Agricultural production exceeding the production quota demanded by the Germans, were sold at extortionate prices to the starving cities through the black market. The Belgian economy was redirected in function of the German war needs. On October 6, 1942, a sytem of compulsary labor in Germany was installed. The number of Belgian civil and militarian war victims reached 81,000. Source: Koenraad DE WOLF, Architectuurgids Zuid-Oost-Vlaanderen. Art Deco en Modernisme (1918-1965), Zottegem, 2000, p. 7. (English translation: Architectural Guide of South-East-Flanders. From Art Deco to Modernism (1918 - 1965). |
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