Back to Normandy - Recently Added Listings - The most beautiful pictures https://backtonormandy.org/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 01:48:48 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek door Gerrit Wijnne https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/215136-canadian-war-cemetery-groesbeek-door-gerrit-wijnne.html

Ik voelde me vooral nederig Tijdens mijn vakantie verbleef ik met vrouw en kinderen een weekje in Groesbeek.

Ik bracht onder meer een bezoek aan het Canadian War Cemetery, dat een paar kilometer buiten het dorp ligt. Ik zou kunnen zeggen dat ik onder de indruk was van wat ik daar zag, maar doe ik daarmee recht aan de gesneuvelde soldaten die er begraven liggen?

We zeggen tegenwoordig nogal snel dat we ergens van onder de indruk zijn. De uitdrukking is aan slijtage onderhevig. De militaire begraafplaats telt ruim 2.600 oorlogsgraven. Er liggen vooral Canadezen begraven, van wie velen stierven in de Slag om het Rijnland. Bijzonder weetje is dat veel Canadezen die in Groesbeek begraven liggen sneuvelden in Duitsland. Het was gebruikelijk dat soldaten werden begraven in het land waar ze sneuvelden. Generaal Crerar, commandant van de Canadese landmacht in Europa, gaf echter een order uit dat er geen Canadese doden van de landmacht in Duitsland begraven zouden worden.

Wandelend langs de graven zag ik de leeftijd van de gesneuvelde (vooral) Canadese militairen: 19, 20, 22, 24, 19, 20, 23... Jong, veel te jong om te sneuvelen op het slagveld. Dit waren jongens die de oceaan overstaken om te vechten voor de vrijheid van mensen die ze niet kenden. Ik stelde mezelf de vraag of ik dat ook zou doen en moest het antwoord schuldig blijven. De militairen die hier begraven liggen hadden een thuis, een gezin, waren een vader, een zoon. Ze lieten alles achter om in Europa te vechten en nooit meer terug te keren.

Hier, op deze plek, voelde ik me vooral nederig. Een beter woord kan ik niet bedenken.

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fredvogels Sun, 12 Sep 2021 10:03:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/215136-canadian-war-cemetery-groesbeek-door-gerrit-wijnne.html
Derwent Dam https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213898-derwent-dam.html

In 1943, the RAF 617 Squadron, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, used Derwent Dam to practice low
level flying in preparation for the daring Dam Buster raids on the Ruhr Valley Dams in Germany.

They had to practice flying Lancaster bombers at night to a height of only 60 feet above the water. To do this they had to develop a special altimeter, which was made from two spotlights that were put
onto the nose and tail of the Lancaster.

The spotlights were angled so that the beams converged at
exactly 60 feet below the aircraft.

A special bomb was developed for the raids, known as the
 'Bouncing Bomb'. It was developed by Barnes Wallace and was designed to skim or ‘bounce’
across the water, rather like a pebble, before sinking and exploding next to the Dams.

The Upper Derwent Valley is still used today by the RAF for low flying practice.

Photos by Peter de Wolf

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fredvogels Sun, 08 Apr 2018 13:42:03 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213898-derwent-dam.html
Normandy Beach https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213805-normandy-beach.html

Normandy Beach

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fredvogels Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:48:56 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213805-normandy-beach.html
German casualty on D-Day https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213804-german-casualty-on-d-day.html

A German casualty on D-Day. France, 1944.

Bob Landry | LIFE

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fredvogels Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:44:47 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213804-german-casualty-on-d-day.html
Grave markers Normandy American Cemetery 1951 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213803-grave-markers-normandy-american-cemetery-1951.html

Grave markers Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France, Temporary graves were marked with a simple wooden cross with an identification plate attached to the center as shown in the above photo.

This photo was taken behind Omaha Beach in 1951 by Life Magazine, 6 years after World War Two at what is now known as the Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France.

Permanent stone markers were added several years later.

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fredvogels Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:31:05 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213803-grave-markers-normandy-american-cemetery-1951.html
Photo by Robert Capa, German farmers fleeing https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213786-photo-by-robert-capa-german-farmers-fleeing.html

GERMANY. Near Wesel. March 24th, 1945. German farmers fleeing.

 

Magnum Collection

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:06:56 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213786-photo-by-robert-capa-german-farmers-fleeing.html
Photo by Robert Capa, American paratroopers landing Wesel https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213785-photo-by-robert-capa-american-paratroopers-landing-wesel.html

GERMANY. Near Wesel. March 24th, 1945. American paratroopers landing in Germany.

 

Magnum Collection

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:04:59 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213785-photo-by-robert-capa-american-paratroopers-landing-wesel.html
Photo by Robert Capa, American Parachutist preparing to board the plane https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213784-photo-by-robert-capa-american-parachutist-preparing-to-board-the-plane.html

FRANCE. Arras. March 23rd, 1945. An American Parachutist preparing to board the plane for the jump accross the Rhine River.

 

Magnum Collection

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:58:47 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213784-photo-by-robert-capa-american-parachutist-preparing-to-board-the-plane.html
Photo by Robert Capa, US soldier with a German prisoner https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213783-photo-by-robert-capa-us-soldier-with-a-german-prisoner.html

BELGIUM. Near Bastogne. December 23rd-26th, 1944. A US soldier with a German prisoner of war during the Battle of the Bulge.

 

Magnum Collection

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:56:08 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213783-photo-by-robert-capa-us-soldier-with-a-german-prisoner.html
Photo by Robert Capa, German soldiers captured by US forces https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213782-photo-by-robert-capa-german-soldiers-captured-by-us-forces.html

FRANCE. St. Laurent-sur-Mer, Calvados. June, 1944. German soldiers captured by US forces.

Date not exact

 

Magnum Collection

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:53:26 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213782-photo-by-robert-capa-german-soldiers-captured-by-us-forces.html
Photo by Robert Capa, French fishermen looking at the corpses Omaha Beach https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213781-photo-by-robert-capa-french-fishermen-looking-at-the-corpses-omaha-beach.html

FRANCE. Normandy. June, 1944. French fishermen looking at the corpses of slain US soldiers on Omaha Beach.

Date not exact.

 

Magnum Collection

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:50:27 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213781-photo-by-robert-capa-french-fishermen-looking-at-the-corpses-omaha-beach.html
Photos by Robert Capa, Omaha Beach June 6th 1944 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213780-photos-by-robert-capa-omaha-beach-june-6th-1944.html

FRANCE. Normandy. June 6th, 1944. US troops assault Omaha Beach during the D-Day landings.

 

Magnum Collection

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:43:04 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213780-photos-by-robert-capa-omaha-beach-june-6th-1944.html
Photo by Robert Capa, the liberation of Paris https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213779-photo-by-robert-capa-the-liberation-of-paris.html

Paris. Crowds fill up the Champs Elysees on the 26th August 1944 to celebrate the liberation of Paris.

 

Magnum Collection

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:38:13 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213779-photo-by-robert-capa-the-liberation-of-paris.html
Photo by Robert Capa, French civilian unable to contain his wrath https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213778-photo-by-robert-capa-french-civilian-unable-to-contain-his-wrath.html

Paris. August 25th, 1944. After the entry of the French 2nd Armored Division, numerous pockets of German snipers had to be rooted out in street fighting.

Many French civilians and members of the Resistance helped the French troops in this fighting.

This photograph shows a French civilian who was unable to contain his wrath against a German soldier who had surrendered.

 

Magnum Collection

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:35:28 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213778-photo-by-robert-capa-french-civilian-unable-to-contain-his-wrath.html
Photo by Robert Capa, French woman and baby by a Germany soldier https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213777-photo-by-robert-capa-french-woman-and-baby-by-a-germany-soldier.html

Photo by Robert Capa,

FRANCE. Chartres. August 18th, 1944. French woman, who had had a baby by a Germany soldier, being marched home after being punished by having her head shaved.

Magnum Collection

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:31:56 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213777-photo-by-robert-capa-french-woman-and-baby-by-a-germany-soldier.html
Photo by Robert Capa, French farmer offers cider to American soldiers https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213776-photo-by-robert-capa-french-farmer-offers-cider-to-american-soldiers.html

Photo by Robert Capa,

FRANCE. Notre Dame de Cenilly. July 28th, 1944. A French farmer offers cider to American soldiers.

Magnum Collection

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:28:18 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213776-photo-by-robert-capa-french-farmer-offers-cider-to-american-soldiers.html
Photo by Robert Capa, American pilot. https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213775-photo-by-robert-capa-american-pilot.html

TUNISIA. April, 1943. American pilot.

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:22:09 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213775-photo-by-robert-capa-american-pilot.html
Photo by Robert Capa, women crying at funeral of twenty teenaged partisans https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213774-photo-by-robert-capa-women-crying-at-funeral-of-twenty-teenaged-partisans.html

ITALY. Naples. October 2nd, 1943. Women crying at funeral of twenty teenaged partisans who had fought the Germans before the Allies entered the city.

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:19:29 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213774-photo-by-robert-capa-women-crying-at-funeral-of-twenty-teenaged-partisans.html
Photo by Robert Capa, member of the American Medical Corps treats a German prisoner of war https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213773-photo-by-robert-capa-member-of-the-american-medical-corps-treats-a-german-prisoner-of-war.html

July, 1943. A member of the American Medical Corps treats a German prisoner of war.

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:16:26 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213773-photo-by-robert-capa-member-of-the-american-medical-corps-treats-a-german-prisoner-of-war.html
Photo by Robert Capa, German soldier captured by American forces https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213772-photo-by-robert-capa-german-soldier-captured-by-american-forces.html

ITALY. Sicily, near Nicosia. July, 1943. German soldier captured by American forces.

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:13:09 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213772-photo-by-robert-capa-german-soldier-captured-by-american-forces.html
Robert Capa, American writer Ernest HEMINGWAY. https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213771-robert-capa-american-writer-ernest-hemingway.html

Photo by Robert Capa, American writer Ernest HEMINGWAY.

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fredvogels Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:03:06 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213771-robert-capa-american-writer-ernest-hemingway.html
Pegasus Bridge 12 July 1944 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213367-pegasus-bridge-12-july-1944.html

Pegasus Bridge 12 July 1944

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fredvogels Mon, 31 Oct 2016 17:00:10 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/213367-pegasus-bridge-12-july-1944.html
Photos by Robert Capa, American soldier killed by a German sniper. https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/104749-photos-robert-capa.html

Until the very last moments of the war Allied soldiers were losing their lives in Europe.

A machine gunner tasked with providing covering fire for the 2nd. U.S. Infantry advancing across a bridge in Leipzig, lies dead in a pool of his own blood, shot by a German sniper.

This is part of a sequence shot by Robert Capa (April 18, 1945).

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fredvogels Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/104749-photos-robert-capa.html
The last flying Lancaster over Dronten https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/16349-the-last-flying-lancaster-over-dronten.html

The last flying Lancaster paying their respect to the Airgunners during the 4 May 2009 commemoration in Dronten

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fredvogels Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:17:20 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/16349-the-last-flying-lancaster-over-dronten.html
Bergen Belsen May 2013 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15796-bergen-belsen-may-2013.html

Bergen Belsen May 2013.

More photos of this visit: http://www.backtonormandy.org/photo/special-places-or-http://www.backtonormandy.org/photo/special-places-or-subjects/bergen-belsen.html

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fredvogels Mon, 13 May 2013 13:05:46 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15796-bergen-belsen-may-2013.html
Monuments and museum Utah Beach https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15757-musee-du-debarquement-utah-beach.html

Monuments and museum Utah Beach

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fredvogels Wed, 01 May 2013 18:15:04 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15757-musee-du-debarquement-utah-beach.html
Sainte-Mère-Église church https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15756-sainte-mere-eglise-church.html

Sainte-Mère-Église church

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fredvogels Wed, 01 May 2013 18:13:36 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15756-sainte-mere-eglise-church.html
Hotel de ville Sainte-Mère-Église https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15755-cityhall-sainte-mere-eglise.html

Hotel de ville Sainte-Mère-Église

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fredvogels Wed, 01 May 2013 18:07:49 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15755-cityhall-sainte-mere-eglise.html
Monument at Trévières https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15754-monumets-at-trevieres-.html

Monument at Trévières

Trévières was liberated by US infantry after a tough 2 day battle with the defending German infantry, 9th/10th June 1944

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fredvogels Wed, 01 May 2013 18:01:42 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15754-monumets-at-trevieres-.html
Monuments Juno Beach https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15753-monument-juno-beach.html

Monuments Juno Beach

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fredvogels Wed, 01 May 2013 17:53:08 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15753-monument-juno-beach.html
John Howard https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15752-john-howard.html

John Howard monument

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fredvogels Wed, 01 May 2013 17:51:13 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15752-john-howard.html
Monument Pegasus Bridge https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15751-monument-pegasus-bridge.html

Monument Pegasus Bridge

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fredvogels Wed, 01 May 2013 17:47:47 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15751-monument-pegasus-bridge.html
First liberated house by the Canadians https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15750-first-liberated-house-by-the-canadians.html

First liberated house by the Canadians

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fredvogels Wed, 01 May 2013 17:43:26 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15750-first-liberated-house-by-the-canadians.html
Cafe Gondree next to Pegasus bridge https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15749-cafe-gondree-next-to-pegasus-bridge.html

Cafe Gondree next to Pegasus bridge

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fredvogels Wed, 01 May 2013 17:40:41 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15749-cafe-gondree-next-to-pegasus-bridge.html
First UK soldier killed on D-Day https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15748-first-uk-soldier-killed-on-d-day.html

First UK soldier killed on D-Day near the Pegasus bridge

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fredvogels Wed, 01 May 2013 17:36:26 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/15748-first-uk-soldier-killed-on-d-day.html
Clinton Kwaak https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/13665-clinton-kwaak.html

Read the whole story of Clinton Kwaak here

 

A musical tribute to Clinton Kwaak and the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU7k1y-ZRN4

 

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fredvogels Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:15:29 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-interesting-records/the-most-beautiful-pictures/13665-clinton-kwaak.html
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