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Anyone can post stories that their relatives have told them. Navy, Army or other.
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I know my grandfather (father's side) and his oldest sons had to hide in the garden - in thick bushes - when the Germans where in town looking for men to send into slavery work in Nazi Germany. We live in the most southern tip of the Netherlands, only 35km from the German border.
My grandmother - mother's side - kept an English pilot hidden for quite some time...she hated the Nazi's with every nerve of her body.
Fortunately, this part of Holland was the 1st to be liberated, late '44...the biggest part of my country would have to suffer the horrible hunger-winter 44-45 first.
This image is from my hometown Meerssen, taken in Sept. '44. The town was only just liberated, and people were walking outside and celebrating, national flags everywhere.
What makes this image special, is the fact that it's taken by a German soldier, just before he quickly left the town...he was found dead several days later.
