The White Pocketbook
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Pictures of life in Belgium before the war.
Andree sitting with Auguste
Walter and Andree married
Monique & Andree pre-war
Fewer and fewer people are available to tell their accounts of going off to Europe to fight during WWII. Sometimes we hear a voice from the past that offers a glimpse into the events that shaped history. One voice from the shadows has emerged and her story reveals a life caught in the crossfire at only fourteen years old.
Andree was just a young girl when Nazi invaders poured into her peaceful Belgian village situated in the Ardennes forest next to France. She lived in her basement for four years to try and survive the bombings while learning to tiptoe through the minefield of daily living in occupied Belgium. After a visit to Naples for her grandson’s recent wedding, an accident the next day left her immobilized and forced to stay in Bridgton to rehabilitate. This situation created the opportunity to begin to put together the mosaic of her life. It was a time which would allow Walt to research the vault of her vast experiences.
Shown here are girls from the scout troop #1747 who attended the presentation of The White Pocketbook at North Bridgton Library this Spring.
