The Ghosts of World War II: The photographs found at flea markets superimposed on to modern street scenes

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By Emma Reynolds

This haunting collection of images shows what it would look like if the ghosts of World War II returned to our streets.

The remarkable pictures overlay modern scenes from France with atmospheric photographs taken in the same place during the war.

Historical expert Jo Teeuwisse, from Amsterdam, began the project after finding 300 old negatives at a flea market in her home city depicting familiar places in a very different context

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[Debrajoe Beatty]

This is interesting.