Antwerp was liberated on 4 September 1944, but no ship reached its docks until 28 November. The Battle of the Scheldt, fought mainly by the First Canadian Army, cost 12,873 casualties to open the river.
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The Red Star Line Museum keeps Antwerp’s emigrant sheds open
About two million emigrants passed through the Red Star Line’s sheds on Antwerp’s Rijnkaai between 1873 and 1934. Since 2013 the same buildings have held the museum that tells their story, from Einstein’s resignation letter to Irving Berlin’s piano.