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Allied bombs fall around he Fokker factories

The Allied bombing of the Fokker factories on 17 July 1943 ended in tragedy.

Event

July 17, 1943

52.395712 N 4.908534 E

Papaverweg 31-33

Amsterdam

Nederland

The bombs missed their target completely and landed on a residential neighbourhood. More than 150 civilians lost their lives. Many victims later succumbed to their injuries.[1]

Anne Frank writes in her diary:

"North Amsterdam was very heavily bombed on Sunday. The devastation seems to be terrible, whole streets lie in ruins (…). You hear of chldren lost in the smouldering ruins, looking for their parents. I shudder when I recall the dull, droning rumble in the distance (…)." [2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Zie https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardementen_op_Amsterdam-Noord (geraadpleegd 14 november 2022).
  2. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 19 July 1943, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.