Five Brothers and a War

Atlantikwall

The Bruynzeel store where Leendert worked was on the very edge of the exclusion zone.

nazi germany

While this view (and the construction project) is recent, this would have been similar to what Leendert would have seen when looking out the window of his store, although the streetcar tracks would have been accessible. The other side of the bridge over the Koninginnegracht was within the zone.

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