Earliest Memories
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Dublin Core
Title
Earliest Memories
Subject
Home Front Workers
Creator
Hank Van Driel
Curatescape Story Item Type Metadata
Subtitle
The Beginnings of the War
Lede
“Everybody was forgetting about my birthday because the city of Rotterdam was burning.”
Story
“My earliest memory is the beginning of the war. I remember my 6th birthday that everybody was forgetting about my birthday because the city of Rotterdam was burning. I remember the sky being all orange because of the fires. That’s one of my earliest memories-- the start of the war.”
Editor’s Note: Hank Van Driel’s birthday is May 10th, 1934. Germany invaded Holland on May 10th, 1940, Hank’s 6th birthday, beginning the German occupation of the Netherlands.
Editor’s Note: Hank Van Driel’s birthday is May 10th, 1934. Germany invaded Holland on May 10th, 1940, Hank’s 6th birthday, beginning the German occupation of the Netherlands.
Factoid
1940
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