Aalst Carnival
In 2019, Sylvain hears about the Aalst carnival for the first time. A troubling resemblance between the conventions of Nazi propaganda
Arthur Langerman: “The biggest anti-Semites have never met a Jew”.
An Antwerp emeritus diamantaire and pioneer of colored diamonds, Arthur Langerman built up the world’s largest collection of anti-Semitic images before bequeathing
The Kindly Ones: Monumental Research on Evil
Littell’s narrator in The Kindly Ones, an SS officer with the ironically bucolic name of Maximilien Aue (if he were English-speaking, he
Kazerne Dossin and the legacy of Auschwitz
What is the role of Kazerne Dossin exactly? Let’s look at it through the lens of tragic events that occurred a few