Special commemorations will take place in Charleroi next month in memory of one of the worst ever disasters in Belgium. On 8 August 1956 some 262 miners perished in the Bois du Cazier in Marcinelle. They included 136 Italians, more than half the victims. Today, the site is preserved as an industrial heritage site and a […]
Officials said the objective of the demolition is to build a 'memorial garden' in the place of the block of houses that became infamous throughout the country.
CHARLEROI (Belgium), June 8 Work to demolish a Belgian property where Marc Dutroux, one of history’s most notorious serial killers, sequestered young girls began yesterday,.