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210. Russian slave labourers executed in cold blood
In October 1944, many Eastern European and Russian prisoners-of-war and slave labourers are in the Roerstreek to work on the expansion of the German defensive position, the West Wall. One morning in late September, thousands of badly dressed slave labourers arrive at Herkenbosch station. In the subsequent weeks, a tragedy takes place that is still deeply etched in the collective memory of the villagers...