This 2025 issue contains four diverse articles. In the first article, written in English, Professor Wim Coudenys, a specialist in Russian and European history at KU Leuven, analyzes the life and activities of Vassili Chelgounov (1866–1943), a Russian exile who was actively involved during the First World War in supporting Russian prisoners of war. Lilian Eyletters (researcher at the State Archives) addresses a more contemporary topic with an analysis of the workings of the Congo Damage Compensation Commission, a commission established in 1965 to handle compensation claims by Belgians whose property had been damaged or lost following Congo’s independence in July 1960. Brecht Deseure, a FED-tWIN researcher at the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) and the Université libre de Bruxelles, uses the Petit album allégori-patriotique, a manuscript held in the Royal Library of Belgium’s collection, to analyze the genre of political caricature. Coline Gérard (Université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve) and Louis Fortemps (PhD student at the University of Lille and KU Leuven) examine the impact and reception of German propaganda in Belgium during the Second World War.