Dutch famine of 1944

The Dutch famine of 1944, known as the Hongerwinter ("Hunger winter") in Dutch, was a famine that took place in the German-occupied part of the Netherlands, especially in the densely populated western provinces above the great rivers, during the winter of 1944-1945, near the end of World War II. A German blockade cut off food and fuel shipments from farm areas. Some 4.5 million were affected and survived because of soup kitchens. About 22,000 died because of the famine.^[2] Most vulnerable according to the death reports were elderly men.^[3]

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch famine of 1944
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