Van onze jongens geen nieuws by Pieter Serrien

On the basis of testimonies, private diaries and other historical documents, they are bringing the forgotten war adventure of an entire generation back to life. Van onze jongens geen nieuws Ik kies een winkel. It is the result of their journey and their investigations that is recounted in this book.

They will never become soldiers.įascinated by the journey of these Belgian reserve recruits, historians Karel Strobbe, Hans Boers and Peter Serrien retraced their steps 75 years later. But there is also a flip side to the coin: they have to deal with boredom, hunger, illness and homesickness. There, they discover the pleasures of 'la douce France': wine, French beauties and the delicious Summer heat. The others are loaded onto trains to the south of France. Toen het Duitse leger in mei 1940 Belgi binnenviel, kr. In 2015 Van onze jongens geen nieuws (No news of our boys, Manteau) was. Read 6 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. They learn very quickly what war means: bombings, fear of death, endless streams of refugees.Ībout half of these young people are quickly caught up by the enemy and do not get further than the Somme. Pieter Serrien (1985) is a Belgian historian, specialized in the social history. On foot, by bicycle or by train, these young people land in the north of France, driven out by the advance of the German army.

Belgian authorities wanted to keep them out of reach of the enemy as future reserve soldiers. Without knowing where to go nor for how long. Karel STROBBE, Pieter SERRIEN & Hans BOERS, Van onze jongens geen nieuws : de dwaaltocht van 300.000 Belgische rekruten aan het begin van de Tweede Wereldoorlog, Antwerpen : Manteau, 2015. When the German army invaded Belgium in May 1940, 300,000 young men aged between 16 and 35 are ordered by the Belgian government to leave the country. Van onze jongens geen nieuws Karel Strobbe / Pieter Serrien / Hans Boers 14,99.

Van onze jongens geen nieuws by Pieter Serrien