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Bennie's Empty Room: Anna Waits 26 Years for Her Son Who Fought for the Germans, Seven Years Later She Is Dead.

Summary by gelderlander.nl
On August 7, 1941 (85 years ago), 431 Dutch people, mainly from NSB backgrounds, left for Poland to fight for Hitler on the Eastern Front. Among them was Winterswijk blacksmith Gerrit Jan Blekkink and his son Bennie. The blacksmith returned. But where was Bennie? Tanja Blekkink delved into her family's wartime past.
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On August 7, 1941 (85 years ago), 431 Dutch people, mainly from NSB backgrounds, left for Poland to fight for Hitler on the Eastern Front. Among them was Winterswijk blacksmith Gerrit Jan Blekkink and his son Bennie. The blacksmith returned. But where was Bennie? Tanja Blekkink delved into her family's wartime past.

·Nijmegen, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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gelderlander.nl broke the news in Nijmegen, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Friday, August 7, 2026.
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