Events in the year 1942 in Belgium
Incumbents Monarch (in captivity): Leopold III Prime Minister (in exile): Hubert Pierlot Head of German occupying forces: Alexander von Falkenhausen Head of the administrative staff of the Occupation: Eggert Reeder
Events 1 January – Belgian government in exile becomes a signatory of the Atlantic Charter.Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987). 3 January – Occupying forces prohibit listening to radio broadcasts not subject to German control. 21 January – Eleven hostages killed by the occupying forces. 25 January – Temperatures reach 12 below zero Celsius. 6 March – Decree issued for the recruitment of forced labour for German factories. 10 March – Walloon Legion parades in Brussels. 1 April – Hendrik de Man opposes the unified trade union 5 April – Court of Cassation finds that secretaries-general, civil servants appointed to lead ministries in the absence of the government, have no legislative powers, annulling the decree of 15 February 1941 instituting administrative legislation. 9 April – Decree obliging miners to work Sundays and feast days. 16 April – Decree prohibits the establishment of new businesses or expansion of existing businesses. 9 May – Daily meat ration reduced from 35 grammes to 20 grammes. 27 May – Decree obliging Jews to wear an identifying Star of David. 2 July – Prime Minister in exile broadcasts an appeal to all Belgians to defend their country. 13 July – Secret meetings between representatives of the Christian Democrat, Liberal and Labour parties to discuss post-war policy. 18 July – Booksellers receive a list of 1,470 titles that they are no longer permitted to stock or sell. 26 July – A hundred Communists detained for deportation to Germany. 31 August – Belgian section of the Red Orchestra dismantled. 6 October – All men aged between 18 and 50 obliged to find work either in Belgium or in Germany.
Publications Paul Peeters, L'Œuvre des Bollandistes (Brussels)
Births 18 July – Prince Alexandre of Belgium (died 2009) 20 September – Robbe De Hert, film director (died 2020) 2 May – Jacques Rogge, 8th President of the International Olympic Committee (died 2021)
Deaths 21 January – Adelin Hartveld (born 1917), resister 22 January – Reimond Tollenaere (born 1909), collaborator 3 April – Paul Gilson (born 1865), composer 22 October – Staf De Clercq (born 1884), quisling
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