Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Day 14 - The Resistance Movement and "Dulle Griet"!

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"By the time of the Spring of 1942, which would have been my early call-up for the class of 1943, I was looking and trying to gather in...
Monday, 9 January 2012

Day 13 - Jewish people just disappeared!

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"It seemed to me that there wasn't much time for romance and idylles,!! it had to wait until the war was over, the eternal moving d...
Sunday, 8 January 2012

Day 12 - Patriotic Fervour and Time for Action!

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"Ostend and area was now flooded with German ferrets asking all kinds of questions and opinions, with the barges with their fronts cut ...
Friday, 6 January 2012

Day 11 - The Launching of my Dad's Schuite

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"The whole contraption (Schuite) was held by a thick rope from the top of the quay by me, with some help, and I had the idea to get a s...
Thursday, 5 January 2012

Day 10 - Ostend Homecoming and The Resistance Movement

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" Our homecoming was quite a spectacle.  I noticed my tree was still standing there and so was the house, there were many gaps where ot...

Day 9 - Bullies and Resistance and Ostend in shambles!

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"Big gun carriers, filled to the brim with soldiers were temporarily parked close to us, waiting for orders and one of the young bulli...
Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Day 8 - Horse Meat and a Pompous Spectre!

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"After this we quickly crossed the bridge and noticed my grandmother appearing like a banshee from under a previously burned and shell...