Museum44

Om museet

Museum44 tells the story of the round-ups of 1 and 11 August 1944 in the Hageland village of Meensel-Kiezegem. After the attack on the collaborator Gaston Merckx on 30 July 1944, reprisals followed. During the second round-up, some 350 members of, among others, the Flemish SS and the Field Gendarmerie surrounded the village, and 81 residents were arrested.

At the end of August 1944 the prisoners were deported to Germany via the prisons of Leuven and Sint-Gillis. 71 villagers ended up in the Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg. Only eight of them returned. The village was left behind with widows, fatherless children and grieving families.

The museum is run by the non-profit association vzw Meensel-Kiezegem '44. The visitor route runs through six rooms: the history of the village and the Second World War, the round-ups with an animated film, life in Neuengamme, the victims and their relatives, the aftermath and commemoration, and a theme room in the form of a barracks. In addition there is the docudrama Meensel-Kiezegem '44 and monuments in the village.

Højdepunkter

• Six thematic rooms on the round-ups of 1944
• Animated film about the attack and the reprisals
• Theme room in the form of a concentration camp barracks
• Docudrama Meensel-Kiezegem '44 (45 minutes)
• Monuments and victims' stories in the village

Permanent udstilling

• Museum44 Meensel-Kiezegem – Route through six rooms on the village, the round-ups of 1 and 11 August 1944, the Neuengamme camp, the victims and the commemoration, with an animated film and a barracks room.

Ejer

Meensel-Kiezegem '44 vzw

Entrépriser & rabatter

With the Museumpass, admission is free. Adults aged 19 to 65 pay €8.50.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: ingen oplysninger
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The museum says it makes the necessary provisions for people with reduced mobility and refers to Toegankelijk Vlaanderen for details. A companion of a person with a disability enters free.

Børn og familie

Kun delvist egnet til børn

There is no specific family offer. For schools (third stage of primary education), an educational programme with a scavenger hunt in the museum is available.

Transport & parkering

Service & spisesteder

• Café: findes ikke

Eating and drinking are not allowed in the museum; there are enough places to eat and drink nearby.

Arrangementer & udlejning

Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.

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