The colonies around Wortel and Merksplas

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Source: Roots / James van Leuven

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Last verified: 21 April 2023
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Walking without a penny in your pocket? This was punishable in Belgium until 1993. For vagrants, paupers and vagabonds there were colonies, to get back on the right path in the middle of nature. Roots walked through the past of such a 'Rijksweldadigheidsinstelling' at Wortel en Merksplas.

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