Reportaż, w którego prawdziwość powątpiewano pięćdziesiąt lat. Rola pułkownika Wernera Kiewitza w okupowanej Belgii w latach 1940-1944
A Reportage Whose Veracity Was Questioned for Fifty Years: The Role of Colonel Werner Kiewitz in Occupied Belgium from 1940 to 1944
Author(s): Sebastian FikusSubject(s): Comparative history, Military history, WW II and following years (1939 - 1949)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Werner Kiewitz; Leopold III; occupation of Belgium; German resistance movement; military administration in Brussels; German-Belgian relations; sabotage of SS and RSHA operations;
Summary/Abstract: In December 1948, the Belgian magazine La Libre Belgique published a report by Robert Demarcelle, 'L'ex-colonel Kiewitz'. He reconstructed the activities of Colonel Werner Kiewitz, a native of Wrocław, in occupied Belgium. He was an active participant in the anti-Nazi resistance movement. Owing to his position and close contacts with King Leopold III, he actively mitigated the effects of terror and saved members of Belgian society. Although his role long remained underestimated, recent archival research has confirmed the crucial importance of his actions in ensuring a milder course of the German occupation in Belgium.
Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
- Issue Year: 57/2025
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 37-53
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish
