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The Drama of Meensel-Kiezegem The Second World War On 11 August 1944, two months after the Allied landings in Normandy, German soldiers and Flemish collaborators surrounded the Flemish-Brabant village of Meensel-Kiezegem.
Meensel-Kiezegem is a very small town at the heart of Belgium, 40km from the Brussels capital city and 20km from the famous university city of Leuven. During the first years of the German occupation in the Second World War, there was no real impact in the village.
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Next to the churchyard of Meensel is a plot of honour for the killed inhabitants of Meensel-Kiezegem, due to the raids of the German and Flemish SS on the 1st and 11th of August 1944. Just before the liberation of the region, most victims were deported to the Neuengamme Concentration Camp.
In the digital experience center Museum44 you will discover the drama of Meensel-Kiezegem during the Second World War. After the murder of a collaboration, 71 inhabitants are deported as hostages to German concentration camps.
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Meensel-Kiezegem is een plaats en deelgemeente van de gemeente Tielt-Winge in de Belgische provincie Vlaams-Brabant. De deelgemeente bestaat uit Kiezegem in het westen en Meensel in het oosten. Meensel-Kiezegem was een zelfstandige gemeente tot aan de gemeentelijke herindeling van 1977.
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Meensel-Kiezegem is a village in Flemish Brabant and has about 1,190 residents. Meensel-Kiezegem is situated nearby to the village Attenrode-Wever and the hamlet Muggenberg. Map. Directions. Satellite.
