USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Eupen-Malmedy became part of Belgium in the aftermath of World War I. The region, which had formerly been part of Prussia and the German Empire, was allocated to Belgium by the Treaty of Versailles. It was formally annexed after a controversial referendum in 1920, becoming part of Liège Province in 1925.

Detailed explanation-2: -Eupen-Malmedy is the name given to the two districts that Germany ceded to Belgium in 1920 as a consequence of the Treaty of Versailles. This cession and the semblance of a “referendum”, organised in 1920, turned the territory into a Belgian-German conflict space during the interwar years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Eupen-et-Malmédy, region in Verviers arrondissement, Liège province, Wallonia région, Belgium. Eupen-et-Malmédy lies along the border with Germany and consists of the so-called cantons rédimés (“redeemed cantons”) of Eupen, Malmédy, and Sankt Vith.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1919, after the First World War, the Treaty of Versailles transferred Eupen and the nearby municipality of Malmedy from Germany to Belgium. German remains the official language in Eupen (also spoken in the form of the Eupen dialect), and the city serves as the capital for Belgium’s German-speaking Community.

Detailed explanation-5: -They are neither large nor populous–Prussian statistics of 1910 recorded that Eupen had a population of 26, 156 and an area about 65 square miles, while Malmedy’s 34, 768 inhabitants were found within an area of just less than 300 square miles.