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Christians from Turkey sleeping in the Grote Kerk, Almelo, 1979

Place: Almelo · today Netherlands
Date: 1979

Men, women and children rest on beds and mattresses laid out inside the Grote Kerk in Almelo during the 1979 sanctuary action of "Christen Turken" threatened with deportation. The group were likely Syriac Christians from south-eastern Turkey.

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Nationaal Archief, Fotocollectie Anefo (via Wikimedia Commons)

Koen Suyk / Anefo · CC0 1.0. Nationaal Archief, Fotocollectie Anefo; rights holder Nationaal Archief.

Christians from Turkey sleeping in the Grote Kerk, Almelo, 1979

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