Klaas Nieborg
Klaas Nieborg was a 25-year-old teacher in the Dutch city of Groningen during World War II who famously collected memorabilia from Canadian soldiers who liberated the city in April 1945, creating detailed scrapbooks that preserved their names and stories for future generations.
Born on Apr 16, 1920 (105 years old)
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Klaas Nieborg compiled two scrapbooks in the spring of 1945 as Canadian soldiers drove the German army out of Groningen.
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Klaas Nieborg was a teacher who collected mementos from Canadian soldiers during their liberation of Groningen in 1945.
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