Belgian Refugees in the Netherlands during WW1
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as posted by the channelIn early August 1914, WW1 broke out. The Germans invaded Luxembourg and Belgium. Leuven was set on fire and on October 10, 1914, Antwerp fell into German hands. One million Belgian civilians and soldiers fled to the Netherlands, which itself had more than six million inhabitants. The reception of the enormous stream of refugees went well. Local committees and private individuals spontaneously offered housing and help.
As the war progresses, many refugees returned. Eventually, about eighty thousand Belgians spend the four years of war in the Netherlands. Many of the civilian refugees ended up in "refugee towns," small purpose-built settlements with a post office, hospital and church, day care centers, stores and even a reading room. Belgian soldiers who fled are disarmed and housed in internment camps. There are also camps for British and German soldiers.
Some Belgians made their way from the Netherlands to the Yser area which was a tiny piece of Belgium unoccupied to continue the fight against Germany.
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