Eighty-one years after World War II, resistance fighters Annie and Klaas Vastenburg have been honored with a street name, 'Vastenburghof', in Nijkerk for their significant contributions to helping fugitives, engaging in espionage, and printing illegal pamphlets during the war. #ResistanceHeroes #WorldWarII #HistoricalLegacy

I'm interested in "trapped buildings": those that couldn't be built today (because of zoning and code changes) but also can't be substantially modified or demolished (because of historic protection rules). One of those phenomena that really makes one wonder what exactly we're #HistoricPreservation #UrbanPlanning #ZoningLaws #Thearticledoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

The article discusses the rising prominence of Blagoje Jovović, a Yugoslav emigrant in Argentina who claimed to have attempted to assassinate Ante Pavelić, the leader of the Croatian Ustaša regime during World War II, and the ongoing controversy surrounding his legacy, as Serbian authorities plan to repatriate his remains in 2026, amidst a backdrop of historical revisionism and mixed reactions in the Balkans. #BalkanHistory #CulturalMemory #HistoricalRevisionism #RS #HR #ME #AR #ES #BR