Adrienne and Peter from Manchester (UK)
“It’s amazing when you see the old photographs of desolation and how everything has been rebuilt. You just cannot imagine what it must have been like,…
Story created on 23 Jun, 2016
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Michael from Chepstow
Michael from Chepstow in Wales has travelled to Flanders Fields with a very special goal in mind: He wants to feel closer to his father who fought in …
Story created on 11 Apr, 2016
Boinet family from France
The Boinet family from Lille, France attentively reads the information plaque in front of Hill 60. While the parents note down the information on thei…
Story created on 11 Apr, 2016
Stuart and Beryl from Scotland
The 11 metres (36 ft) high Brooding Soldier stands, head bowed and hands on the butt of his rifle, in honour of the Canadian 1st Division who held the…
Story created on 21 Mar, 2016
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Emily from Perth (Australia)
“Their faces and postures really make me feel their pain. It makes me shiver,” Emily from Perth, Australia says, looking at Käthe Kollwitz's ‘The Grie…
Story created on 12 Jan, 2016
Meike and Fleur from the Netherlands
Tyne Cot Cemetery is busy on this Friday afternoon. Pupils, travel groups and individual visitors roam through the rows of graves, trying to understan…
Story created on 5 Jan, 2016