Child victim of the Nazis’ brutal mine warfare: The Dutch liner Simon Bolivar was sunk by a German mine in the North Sea. Of about 350 passengers and crow, 140 are believed to have been drowned, including women and children. This little girl, Christina Wensvoort, was photographed in a British hospital. Marks from the oil which matted her hair can be seen on the pillow.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 February 1940, Page 6
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65Child victim of the Nazis’ brutal mine warfare: The Dutch liner Simon Bolivar was sunk by a German mine in the North Sea. Of about 350 passengers and crow, 140 are believed to have been drowned, including women and children. This little girl, Christina Wensvoort, was photographed in a British hospital. Marks from the oil which matted her hair can be seen on the pillow. Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 February 1940, Page 6
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