Time for retribution

Overview

Johnna Fox’s great-uncle was commandant of Fort Breendonk during World War II. Today, she visits for the first time the place where her grandfather’s brother spread terror. Schmitt would be the last person sentenced to death to be executed in Belgium, in 1950. Breendonk’s troubled history has also left its mark on writer Jeroen Olyslaegers. He visits the fort in search of answers about his great-grandfather...