Monthly Archives: August 2003

English English

Alfons says that I say that his English is bad, however, that’s not exactly what I’ve ever said. I dare to say that the English as taught in Dutch schools (HAVO and higher) is nearly perfect, but when it comes … Continue reading

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Around

My dad barely survived the camp. In the earliest stage of ‘purification’, he and his older brother were separated from his mother and younger brothers and sisters: he was eleven and was considered to be an adult. At that time … Continue reading

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Speak low

“Lined up we are, hours and hours and hours Women, children, we count, count and count Intense heat, counting the hours in the rising sun for a thousand years hours and hours and hours, in the heat of the sun … Continue reading

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Food

“I wasn’t aware of that my dad was thinking of the war every single day. Except for when I refused to eat something, that was when he said that I should be happy that at least there was something to … Continue reading

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On this day

On this day, 58 years ago, the Japanese emperor Hirohito broadcast the message of surrender to the Japanese troops.

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Commemoration

This year’s August 15th commemoration focusses on the Burma railroad (warning: Dutch). More details (in English) can be found over this specific subject can be found at the War Experience center. I never understood my dad’s (then) obsession with the … Continue reading

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Wonderthing

It was a memorable day. We had worked all summer, the summer of 1985, 1986 or 1987 (I truly don’t remember), saved money and we were ready to buy our first homecomputer at the local mall. We had no idea … Continue reading

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