For example, photographer Franklin van der Erf records the scars of the city in the present time on the sensitive plate. He found many old photos in the Noord-Hollands Archief. At that location, Franklin tries to catch the place as precisely as possible in the photo.
He finds the destruction that the mistake bombing on April 16, 1943 on the shunting site of the railways on Amsterdamsevaart is overwhelming. Bombs of allied combat aircraft ended up in the residential area next to it. 85 people were killed and more than 40 Haarlemmers were seriously injured.
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The old photos from the Second World War tell stories about the impact of the bombing. For example from the girl on the ruins of a bombed house. Franklin spoke with the son of this girl. During this conversation he was also told that she lost her brother at this bombing.
“Then you notice what a big scar it has not only physically left in the neighborhood, but also in people personally in the soul.”