People from Zeeland all over the world
Since the 16th century, people from Zeeland have left their marks on the world. Remarkable stories and locations include Asia, Africa and North- and South America.
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Zeeuwse verhalen
Typically Zeeuws?!
Are you typically ‘Zeeuws’? Even when your family has lived in Zeeland for many generations, it is possible that you're actually a descendant of the Huguenots, the Salzburgers or the Schottisch.
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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
The trading of African people who were forced into slavery was the ‘core business’ of the MCC (The Middelburgse Commercie Compagnie). The archive of the MCC has been declared a ‘Memory of the World'.
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Treasures from the Zeeland Archives
A selection of extraordinary archival records from the archives and collections of the Zeeland Archives.
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Second World War
The city center of Middelburg was partially destroyed at the start of the Second World War. While other parts of Zeeland were heavily demolished in the aftermath of the liberation.
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First World War
Many Belgians fled to Zeeland when the First World War (1914-1918) broke out. The "Marine-Korps Flandern fought not only on land, but also at sea and in the air. Zeeland was targeted as well.
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Sjef van Dongen, Arctic hero from Aardenburg
How an average Dutch man became known as Hero of the Artic in 1928. Sjef had risked his own life to save others and gave lectures about his adventures throughout The Netherlands for years on end.
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The North Sea flood of 1953 and the Delta works
The most recent extreme flooding of Zeeland, The North Sea flood of February 1st 1953, resulted in the construction the Delta works.
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