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Reweaving the tapestry of a lost life

December 15, 2016December 15, 2016 mogromo

I wrote this episode of the quest for Jan van Boeckel when I was still at the very beginning of my quest for my uncle, who left Haarlem at the beginning of 1944 for a journey into the unknown. Ever … Continue reading Reweaving the tapestry of a lost life

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Researching Haarlem 1935 -1945

December 12, 2016December 13, 2016 mogromo

This is an episode of the quest for Jan van Boeckel: From Holland to Bavaria As the story of Jan is anchored in Haarlem, I travelled to that city near the dunes several times in 2016. Now that I am writing, I find that words come to me … Continue reading Researching Haarlem 1935 -1945

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Reweaving the tapestry of a lost life

Researching Haarlem 1935 -1945