A Growing Family
EN – Suddenly he appears. A new uncle Leo. Not ‘my’ uncle Leo (the brother of my father) but my father’s uncle Leo who was brother to my grandfather. This […]
Category Archives: In my life
Traces of WW 1 in my own life
Archives
EN – There is no other way. If you are to discover more about your family’s connection to WWI, you ‘ll have to dive into the mysterious world of Archives. […]
Hometown map
EN – Let’s say, we’re 1970. I’m thirteen years old and after school I prefer to walk with my friends to the railway station. For me, to get back home […]
Give Give Give
EN – Would you give for refugees from a country at war? When recently ‘1212’ started, the national action to collect funds for the Syrian refugees, my fellow citizens did […]
Prudent
EN – My elder sister is the guardian of our family history. Our parents and grandparents entrusted her with their memories. Nobody knows better than her who was aunt or […]
Two silver spoons
EN – In a drawer of my kitchen, lost between wooden skimmers, the bread knife and salad cutlery, I keep two silver spoons I seldom use. Their upper part is […]
my great war / mijn groote oorlog 