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After Terneuzen was liberated and the Western Scheldt became a front line, the shelling increased. Jan Oele, who was acting as deputy mayor, finally decided to evacuate. The residents of Ellewoutsdijk left for Driewegen, Ovezande, Oudelande, Baarland, Nisse or 's-Gravenpolder. The abandoned Ellewoutsdijk falls into allied hands on 29 October 1944, following the landings of the Scottish 52nd Lowland Division near Baarland.
After the liberation, everyone who had been evacuated obviously wanted to return to the village as soon as possible. Unfortunately, there was little left of the village. An emergency church was built in the village. This church was preserved and has now been restored at the Bevrijdingspark (Liberation Park) and as part of the Bevrijdingsmuseum Zeeland (Zeeland Liberation Museum). It can be visited.