Today’s East Belgium celebrated its 100th birthday in 2020. Time for presents? The citizens of East Belgium were given the opportunity to make a gift to their home region. This gift should illuminate ‘100 years of East Belgium’ from a subjective perspective. The gift could be from the past (a personal or family memento) or from the present (a contemporary object); it could be a written document (letter, diary extract, note…), an image (picture, painting…), a song or piece of music, an object (material object of any kind), or simply something original. Although the word ‘gift’ has a positive connotation, the object could also make people think about the history of the region!
Participants could give this object as a gift or provide a copy (digital photo or copy). However, they should always give a short description of the object (between ten and fifty lines) and explain why this object is a facet of the big mosaic of ‘100 years of East Belgium’.
BRF coverage of the project (in German): Ein Geschenk für Ostbelgien: Das Zentrum für Ostbelgische Geschichte will zum Nachdenken anregen
Grenz-Echo coverage of the project (in German): Zentrum für Ostbelgische Geschichte lädt ein zur Serie „Ein Geschenk für Ostbelgien“
