Die Swaere Noodt – Kroniek van een belegerde stad". - Martien Blondel literatuur-boeken With dust jacket 1st print

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Die Swaere Noodt – Kroniek van een belegerde stad". - Martien Blondel literatuur-boeken With dust jacket 1st printIt is a penetrating eyewitness account in diary form about the difficult war months in the autumn of 1944 in the Limburg city of Venlo. At that time, Venlo was on the front line for months. The city was hit almost daily by Allied bombardments (targeting the strategic Maas bridge) and German shelling. This led to enormous destruction, hundreds of civilian casualties, extreme food shortages and large scale evacuations. The booklet describes the fear,