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British POW Camp 2228

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British POW Camp 2228

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  • Location: Overijse, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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    June 1, 2024

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    Just following the traces of the war, you can read here the scary story of the prisoner of war camp that existed here in 1945...
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    August 30, 2020

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    At the end of WWII there was a camp around the Nijvelsebaan for +/- 50,000 German prisoners of war. Camp POW 2228, was in the hands of the British, but guarded by Belgian soldiers.
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