Eupen-Malmedy
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Eupen-Malmedy is a small, predominantly German-speaking region in eastern Belgium. It consists of three administrative cantons around the towns of Eupen, Malmedy, and Sankt Vith which encompass some 7
Eupen-Malmedy border changes between 1920 and 1945
View of Eupen in 1900 when the territory was under German rule
German soldiers welcomed into Malmedy in May 1940 with swastika decoration and Nazi salute
The seat of the German-speaking Community of Belgium in Eupen, created in 1984
The German-speaking Community, also known as East Belgium, is one of the three federal communities of Belgium. The community comprises nine municipalities in Liège Province, Wallonia, within the Eupen
Eupen-Malmedy
…during World War II. It was returned to Belgium in 1945. Nine of the eleven municipalities which originally constituted Eupen-Malmedy now form the German-speaking Community of Belgium, one of Belgium's three federal communities. Historically, the territories have little in common and were never considered a single unit until the…
The Executive (government) of the German-speaking Community meets in Eupen.
1943 postcard; Nazi propaganda postmark reads Heimkehr ins Großdeutsche Vaterland ("Return to the Greater-German Fatherland")