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239 Index Af rica: art in, 218; mis sions in, 36, 49, 74, 79, 113; study of, 223, 226, 228, 230– 31. See also Bel gian Congo; Kuba peo ple African ist, 218, 230–31 African peo ple, 49, 50–51, 230. See also Bel gian Congo air war, 134–36; bomb ing, 134–35, 138, 145, 147, 189; ends, 186; strafing, 93–94, 124, 138, 149, 170. See also V mis siles al-Alamein, Egypt: bat tle of, 117 Al bert I (king of the Bel gians), 4 Al lied forces, 107, 146–48, 151, 168, 171, 173, 176, 185, 189. See also air war Amer ica, 49, 110; Latin, 77; North, 133, 178; South, 40, 77, 145 Americans. See United States of Amer ica; U.S. armed forces An der sen, Hans Chris tian (writer), 103 An nales (jour nal), 219 anthro pol ogy, 218, 224, 226 Ant werp, 12, 26, 43, 116, 193, 212, 223; and air war, 135–36 (see also Mort sel); contrast with Bruges, 85–87; de fenses, 78, 82; den tist, 131, 133; de scrip tion of, 5–7, 16, 17, 37, 49–54; di amond trade, 6, 54, 200; fam ily roots in, 4–5, 9, 23, 25; fam ily shel ters father in, 150–51, 176–77, 180; har bor, 6, 7, 52–54, 74, 83, 151, 189–90; Jews, 5, 7, 57, 117, 140–42, 192–93; leav ing, 14, 28, 47, 58, 227, 228; lib er a tion, 151, 166, 167; me trop o lis, 7; pol lu tion, 18; as ref er ence point, 128, 150; Re sis t ance, 151, 172, 175–77; schools in, 22, 23, 38–42, 44–49, 71, 81; strug gle for, 93, 151, 165, 180–82, 204; trans port to and from, bus, 38, 81–82; trans port to and from, train, 84, 123, 207; trans port to and from, tram, 117, 123, 128–29, 147, 185, 171, 204 Ant werpen (prov ince), 27 Ar gen tina, 200 ar til lery bar rage, 168–73 Asia, 49; Cen tral, 52, 148, 150, 192, 197. See also Chi nese At lan tic, bat tle of the, 136 Au gus tine of Hippo (saint and writer), 188 Ausch witz, Po land, 141, 192 AVVK, motto, 46 Azeri sol diers, 167 Bach, Jo hann Se bas tian (com poser), 90, 102 Baels, Lil ian (prin cess), 115 Index 240 Bantu lan guages, 97, 231 Ba rante. See Brugière, Am able Bat tle of the Bulge, 180, 182–83, 189 Bau douin I (king of the Bel gians), 199 BBC (Brit ish Broad cast ing Cor po ra tion), 107, 127, 151 Bee tho ven, Lud wig van (com poser), 187 Bel gian armed forces: Bel gian Bri gade, 176, 200; mo bil iza tion, 82–83; school ship Mer ca tor, 38; sur ren der, 8, 95–96 Bel gian Congo, 6, 36, 49–50, 91, 97, 104; Ka tanga (prov ince), 97, 100 Bel gian econ omy, 7, 8, 50–51, 147, 199– 200. See also Great De pres sion Bel gian na tional col ors, 95, 176, 177, 178 Bel gians: chau vin ists, 24; ci vil ians, 126; and forced labor, 117–18, 127, 129, 134, 137–38; pa tri ots, 177, 200 Bel gian so ci ety, 7, 8, 134; iden tity, 8, 202–3; in sti tu tions, 38, 219. See also Bel gium Bel gian state, 7–9, 19, 127, 165, 232. See also Bel gium Bel gian uni ver sities, 209, 219, 224 Bel gium: Brit ish oc cu pa tion, 179, 197; cam paign in 1940, 92–95; cus tom in, 43, 86–87, 110, 227; food scar city in, 99, 109, 112; foreign al li ances, 83, 197; his tory, 17, 33, 139, 202, 215, 216; Jew ish pop u la tion, 7, 8, 134; post war po lit i cal sit u a tion, 198–203; struc ture and pol i tics, 7–9, 19, 39–40, 54– 57, 137, 189, 190, 213, 215 Bel lem (cas tle), 119, 142–43 Bel paire, Maria El i sab eth (writer), 5 Ben e dic tine order, 86, 99–100, 143–44, 194, 201. See also St. An drews Abbey; St. Peter, abbey of Bene lux al li ance, 197 Be quaert, Léo nie (Bom ama; Jan’s grand mother), 3, 25, 26, 27, 76 black mar ket, 111–12, 179, 184, 196. See...