VILLAGERS DRIVEN FROM THE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE BY THE RUTHLESS GERMAN ATTACK, CONGREGATED AT ...

Place Europe: Greece, Servia
Accession Number 007608
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Silk, George
Place made Greece: Servia
Date made 28 April 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

VILLAGERS DRIVEN FROM THE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE BY THE RUTHLESS GERMAN ATTACK, CONGREGATED AT SERVIA IN THE HOPE OF OBTAINING TRANSPORT TO THE SOUTH. PATHETICALLY RESIGNED OLD PEOPLE AND YOUNG CHILDREN TRUDGED ALONG WET ROADS IN BITTER COLD, CARRYING ALL THE POSSESSIONS LEFT TO THEM, SEEKING SANCTUARY FROM GERMAN BOMBS AND MACHINE GUN BULLETS.