Mathieu Smedts with his parents after his return from Germany. He had been sentenced to death, but the Germans forgot to execute him. He spent thirty months in captivity. When he returned, his parents invited 250 friends and the village celebrated his liberation for two days, August 1945, families, portraits, World War II, The Netherlands, 20th century press agency photo, news to remember, documentary, historic photography 1945-1990, visual stories, human history of the Twentieth Century, capturing moments in time
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