Die Swaere Noodt – Kroniek van een belegerde stad". - Martien Blondel literatuur-boeken But thanks to their sturdy

But thanks to their sturdy boat and Sietse's excellent seamanship

He seems to be working on some kind of wonder machine

Peter van Straaten is a master when it comes to depicting Dutch misery

a moving picture is painted of this crucial period in Limburg's war history

Die Swaere Noodt – Kroniek van een belegerde stad". - Martien Blondel literatuur-boeken But thanks to their sturdyIt is a penetrating eyewitness account in diary form about the difficult war months in the autumn of 1944 in the Limburg city of Venlo. At that time, Venlo was on the front line for months. The city was hit almost daily by Allied bombardments (targeting the strategic Maas bridge) and German shelling. This led to enormous destruction, hundreds of civilian casualties, extreme food shortages and large scale evacuations. The booklet describes the fear,