Before the Germans flooded the land small dikes were built in order to keep the sea water on the fields, in the same man...
1944
Before the Germans flooded the land small dikes were built in order to keep the sea water on the fields, in the same manner as they were formerly made to keep it out. Thousands of Dutchmen were forced to labor on this destructive work. Heavy cart horses are ridden along the tops of these dikes to harden them by tramping down the earth.
Collectie
- NIOD
Type
- Foto
Identificatienummer van NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies
- 95989
Trefwoorden
- Verwoestingen
- Duitse bezetting
- Boeren
- Dijken
- Paarden
- Inundaties
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