After the Armistice, the first residents started returning to their destroyed homes. A strip of moonscape ran right across Europe. It was widest in West Flanders, at some 24 kilometres between Ypres and Roeselare, with Zonnebeke at the centre. Bunkers, shelters and huts were used as emergency housing to accommodate the many returning refugees. Go and take a look inside the temporary house. Although such houses were not intended to remain standing for long, the Plets family from Wevelgem continued living in this one until 1978. It has since been restored and has stood here since 2013. After the war, there was great demand for better temporary housing. Have a good look around in the little house the Plets family lived in. This type of dwelling was intended for use by the middle classes; there was electricity, and water was brought in by a pump. Less well-off families had to survive with far less. Now follow the path past the little house to the last part of your museum visit.