Caption | Refugees in Enghien, Belgium, May 1940 ww2dbase | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseImperial War Museums via Wikimedia Commons | |||||||
Link to Source | Link | |||||||
Identification Code | F 4499 | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 12 May 1940 | |||||||
Photos at Same Place | Enghien, Wallonie, Belgium | |||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. L. Smits says:
28 Apr 2023 07:28:13 AM
"A Dutch family amidst a devastated town after the German invasion, May 1940". Where is this in the Netherlands? It looks more like it is in Belgium or France. I am not 100% either, but it doesn't look typically Dutch. It looks like a house in the middle of the Forest. But the heaviest fights were in Rotterdam. It could be near the Grebbelinie...
28 Apr 2023 07:28:13 AM
"A Dutch family amidst a devastated town after the German invasion, May 1940". Where is this in the Netherlands? It looks more like it is in Belgium or France. I am not 100% either, but it doesn't look typically Dutch. It looks like a house in the middle of the Forest. But the heaviest fights were in Rotterdam. It could be near the Grebbelinie...
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2 Oct 2013 09:01:38 PM
This picture went right to my heart ...v