An Overwhelming Sense Of Dread
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Based on their star insignia, it’s clear that this family from the German-occupied Netherlands was Jewish, which also explains why they’re all carrying baggage. They were being forced out of Amsterdam on the way to a concentration camp in Poland.
It’s unclear what they expected to happen when they arrived but the benefit of hindsight makes it hard not to imagine the life-changing and likely fatal horrors they experienced.