During his younger years, dad trained a lot in the gymnasium in the Marnixstraat Biden. Parents who were members had shelter, which was...

HARBOR OF HOPE UPDATES Many things have happened around our documentary Harbour of Hope since the release. Here is an overview on some...

New Year’s Day came on a Tuesday. After my spectacle with the hungry hordes, the grown-ups decided to remove me from the Koopmans’ farm...

Around March 1, 1944, I have moved away from the Koopmans' farm to live with Harm de Roos, a postman who lived in Benningbroek with his...

I was now six years old. My family members were all in different hiding places. By design, I did not know where my parents lived. I...

Arie M. Broers (1906-1976) was a fruit grower to the Dr. de Vriesstraat 23 in Benningbroek, where now Peter Feld has his company. Arie...

Throughout history, we have seen brave people who were willing to stand up to their oppressors and fight against them. Who better to face...

Hiding family of Voon Brothers, in Benningbroek" As a child, I lived in Benningbroek with my father Arie and my mother Annie, together...

Titus Herman Butenhuis ( Sleevwijk, September 27, 1892-Naarden, March 27, 1964) joined the NSB in January 1933. He held various positions...

The Second World War in Europe broke out on 3 September 1939. In the early hours of 10 May 1940, the German armies invaded the...

During the whole Hunger Winter; how lucky we were! We were always able to make our own butter and cheese, and we had some sugar too! Best...

A psychologist friend of mine, Dr. Susan Statland, once told me, “Your glass is full. Max, you have to let something out. You have to...

In Erased, Omer Bartov uncovers the rapidly disappearing vestiges of the Jews of western Ukraine, who were rounded up and murdered by the...

The above is is the cover of Omer Bartov’s, “Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczac”, A fascinating and...

Papa came home early on Wednesday, the last day of 1941, bearing wine, cigars, party masks, and a couple of those empty fruit crates I...

I am now six years old. My family members were all in different hiding places. By design, I did not know where my parents lived. I...

n the Netherlands, we were very concerned about being swallowed up by the gulag, the network of some 40,000 forced labor camps in the...

A psychologist friend of mine, Dr. Susan Statland, once told me, "The glass is full, Max. It would be best if you let something out. You...

I'm saddened when I called my friend Esther Shawmut-Friedman and learned that she passed away. The following is an email exchange we had...

The author traveled through the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe while his family life was going downhill, and retired in Costa Rica,...