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The tragic death of 'auntie'

Holandia

BombingDestructionFightingLiberationMemory

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On Friday the 6th of April 1945 Den Ham is liberated. Further north is the Bartels family farm. This no-man's land has not yet been liberated. On Monday the 9th of April, 15 year-old Johan Schot from The Hague witnesses a battle between heavily armed German soldiers and Canadian Manitoba Dragoons. The farm is in the frontline and 'auntie' Wilhemina Bartels Pastink is killed.

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Slenke 3, Den Ham