Rudi Van Doorslaer

Rudi Van Doorslaer (1951) studied contemporary history at the University of Ghent and obtained his doctoral degree in 1990 with a thesis entitled “Enfants du Ghetto. Révolutionnaires juifs en Belgique, 1925-1940”/“Kinderen van het getto. Joodse revolutionairen in België, 1925-1940”.

From 1977 to 1980, he worked as a temporary attaché at the Ceges (then the Centre for Research and Studies on the History of the Second World War). In 1985 he became a permanent researcher at the Centre.

From 1999 to 2001, he directed the Research Commission on Jewish Assets (Prime Minister's Department).

From 1996 to 2005, he was chief editor of the Cahiers d'histoire du temps présent/Bijdragen tot de Eigentijdse Geschiedenis.

He published on the subjects of Jewish history, migration movements, Communism and anti-Communism, the Spanish Civil War and a variety of themes related to the history of the Second World War in Belgium.

From 1 September 2005, he has been Director of the Ceges/Soma.