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Drama in Belgium 1940

On another post'Burning house',komandos10 says that pictures from 1939 Poland are more dramatic than those of other countries,like Belgium to name one.I do have much respect for the great suffering of the Polish people during WW2 but let me show in the few next photos that drama was everywhere and that even though these unknown or forgotten 'Faits divers' left scars for those involved that lasted the rest of their lives.In war everyone suffers. Photo1:27 may 1940 in Vinkt(Meigem Belgium),The family Vermeulen,lying on the grond,surrounded by Germans.They were taken from the cellar they were hiding in from the ongoing battle.Later that day ,father Vermeulen and his son Aimée(in the foreground with the hat)were mudered by the Germans.In total on the 27 may 1940 in the little place Vinkt,111 civilians died either by the German artillery or by execution.Greetz,Brummbar