Memorial Gentpoort Bruges
The Gentpoort was on 12th September 1944 the escape route for the Germans. They fled away for the advancing Canadians from the 12th Manitoba Dragoons who liberated Bruges.
At the gate is a text;
On 12th September 1944
the Germans had left
the city trough
this gate
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Source
- Text: Jente de Roust
- Photos: Jente de Roust
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