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Belgium's Martyr Cities commemorate the Great War

Dave Kattenburg August 21, 2014

This month marks the 100th anniversary since the start World War One. In Belgium, a handful of towns calling themselves the "Martyr Cities" are celebrating how the war began for them. Between August 23 and 27, the town of Leuven will remember the five awful nights when German troops massacred hundreds and laid their town to waste -- including the town's university library. Dave Kattenburg reports.

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