Today, this torch is still kept alight in the presence of the Minister of Defence, who is also the custodian of the Memorial, accompanied by representatives of various governments and military authorities.In 2019, H.M. the King attended the ceremony. After the viewing of the troops of the Royal Military Academy, the flame of remembrance was lit and musical tributes were paid by the youth and young people’s choir of La Monnaie and the Royal Guides’ Band. With an impressive floral tribute by the authorities, the camp friends, the patriotic associations and 301 young people who symbolise the prisoners who died of deprivation, execution or hanging, we emphasise that we cannot close our eyes to the barbarity and inhuman suffering that was rife at Breendonk, and that we must at all costs try to prevent war crimes and human rights violations from still being a reality today…