A family relic displaced by the Holocaust has found its way home after 80 long years. Found in a clock on a Belgian farm, the antique watch's journey has been speculated on.
In 1910, Alfred Overstrijd crafted a beautiful watch for his brother Louis, inscribing it as such."Neufchâteau 1910, made by A.A. Overstrijd, pour mon frère Louis," reads the watch. It was reportedly an 18th birthday gift.The piece was made in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, where Alfred was learning to be a watchmaker, as reported by DutchNews.
Historian Rob Snijders believes the watch could have ended up at the farm due to Nazi soldiers being housed by civilians. Gustave Janssens reportedly housed three soldiers, and according to the New York Times, he made them relieve themselves in the cornfields because of his distaste for the situation.According to Snijders, the watch was likely stolen by the Nazis upon Louis's arrest and then dropped in the cornfields as they relieved themselves. Upon finding the watch, he says that Mr.
Reportedly, this is because a May 1940 bombing left the city decimated, leaving 1,150 people dead and 24,000 homes destroyed. The report noted that roughly 75% of Jews in the area were wiped out by the Holocaust.
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