Lost Land: Every Family Has Its Secrets

Boogie Boy visiting the house where his mother was in hiding. Stijn and Bart Peeters reading the inscriptions left behind by their 'daddy' in isolation cell 12 of Fort Breendonk. Roos Van Acker digging into her grandfather's resistance past. Stijn and Steven Kolacny trying to understand why their grandfather never returned to Austria after the First World War. These are just a few of the eleven gripping war stories featured in the book Verloren land. Because every family has its own secrets. Stories that are only told behind closed doors. In the Canvas programme 'Verloren land' interesting Flemish people have been venturing into their own family secret for two seasons by following in the footsteps of their ancestors. The book Verloren land bundles the war stories from the first two seasons of the Canvas programme of the same name. The famous Flemish people also provide an insight into their own experiences: how they experienced their search, what they would rather never have known and what they would still like to find out. In addition to the necessary background information for the stories, the reader receives a lot of concrete do-it-yourself tips to compile his own family tree and thus also map out his family history. Photographer Filip Naudts is responsible for the stylish photos of the famous Flemish people.