 Since 2016 it has formed part of the Belgian State Archives.Its director is Nico Wouters.The Centre was founded in 1967 as the Centre for Research and Historical Study into the Second World War ("Centre de Recherches et d’Etudes historiques de la Seconde Guerre mondiale", CREHSGM; "Navorsings- en Studiecentrum van de Geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog", NSGWO) .