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Refugees in Enghien, Belgium, May 1940

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Caption     Refugees in Enghien, Belgium, May 1940 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Enghien, Wallonie, Belgium
Date 12 May 1940
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseImperial War Museums via Wikimedia Commons
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   F 4499
 
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Licensing  According to the United Kingdom National Archives, Crown copyright material that has been created prior to 1 Jun 1957 is considered to be in the public domain.

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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 2,480 x 3,245 pixels



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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Anonymous says:
2 Oct 2013 09:01:38 PM

This picture went right to my heart ...v
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...

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