Military forces liberated Antwerp on September 4. The last Jews in this cityΓÇöaliens who were staying there as refugeesΓÇöhad been banished to the death camps in September 1943. According to initial estimates, some 3,000 men and women and 300 children were in hiding in and around the town. After the fact, these numbers turned out to have been overstated. Precise figures are unavailable.
