'Operation Market Garden' - My Childhood Playground
'Child's play on a battlefield'
X = Geboortehuis
From this house, the junction Utrechtse weg/van Borsselenweg was defended against the advancing German troops. According to eyewitnesses, there were 'shot dead krauts in the basement and wounded Englishmen in the kitchen'. (Er lagen "doodgeschoten moffen in de kelder en gewonde Engelsen in de keuken". )
Nine years and 3 months later, I was born in the front room on the first floor.!
Nine years and 3 months later, I was born in the front room on the first floor.!
Oorlogsdagboek Frans Kietselaer te Baarn - Sept 24,1944 / 23 Jul 1945
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