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Soldiers Waiting at the Train Station in Ruma

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are standing around at the train station in Ruma, Syrmien. A man is standing in the center with a sheep, presumably about to be slaughter...
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Female Railway Station Master

Date: 1914
Description: "The wife must stand in for her husband." A female railway station master in Germany.
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The First Neutral Train Pulling into Merxen

Date: 1914
Description: The first neutral train carrying returning refugees is pulling into the Merxen station in Antwerp. Soldiers are posing in front of the engine.
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Belgian Refugees Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees receiving their railway tickets in Bergen op Zoom for the trip to Merxen. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of the border was...
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Belgian Refugees Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees receiving their railway tickets in Bergen op Zoom for the trip to Merxen. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of the border was...
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Belgian Refugees in Merxen

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees in Merxen, near Antwerp, returning from the Netherlands.
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German Soldiers and Dutch Officials

Date: 1914
Description: Dutch officials and German soldiers in front of the locomotive pulling the train returning Belgian refugees from Holland.
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Antwerp Train Station

Date: 1914
Description: Sealed off entrance to the main train station in Antwerp.
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Antwerp Train Station

Date: 1914
Description: Sealed off entrance to the main train station in Antwerp.
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Wounded German Soldiers

Date: 1914
Description: Wounded German soldiers writing quick notes home before the departure of the train. A sign on the far left reads: "Annahme von Handgepäck."

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