Part II - In 1934, Nassy decided to study painting. He was admitted to an academy of fine arts in Brussels. In 1939, he married a Belgian + began earning a living as a portrait #artist. The Germans occupied Belgium in May 1940, but Nassy + his wife did not leave. After the USA entered the war, Nassy was arrested as an enemy national in German-occupied Belgium. He spent the rest of the war in an #internmentcamp in Germany
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