Belgium, Steenstrate 20 August 2006
Jean Simons, (58 years old) from the Flemish province of Limburg, is a separatist demonstrator during the Yzerwake. His t-shirt says "BELGIUM BURSTS" (Belgie barst in Flemish). The 5th Yzerwake was held at the monument "Gebroeders van Raemdonck" in Steenstrate, nearby Ieper. It's the radical Flemish minded organisation "vzw IJzerwake" who organises this event to remember the soldiers who died in the frontline of the 1st...
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Belgium, Steenstrate 20 August 2006
Jean Simons, (58 years old) from the Flemish province of Limburg, is a separatist demonstrator during the Yzerwake. His t-shirt says "BELGIUM BURSTS" (Belgie barst in Flemish). The 5th Yzerwake was held at the monument "Gebroeders van Raemdonck" in Steenstrate, nearby Ieper. It's the radical Flemish minded organisation "vzw IJzerwake" who organises this event to remember the soldiers who died in the frontline of the 1st World War. They also strive for an independent republic of Flanders in stead of the Kingdom of Belgium. - PHOTO © EZEQUIEL SCAGNETTI -
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