I am the daughter of parents that lived during WW2 in Rotterdam, Holland.
I have so many many many stories, probably a lot like yours.
Mom and dad met after the war and married in 1947. In 48 they came to the US, New Jersey and dad had a job with some big accounting company I can not recall right now, but I have all of his paperwork, everything,. I think the name started with B
I have a diary of my father, that he wrote pretty much after he came home from being a POW in North Germany. The writing is pretty tiny and the dutch is just too difficult for me to read.
When my parents came to US they did not want to speak Dutch anymore because they wanted to be Americans, so we did speak dutch at home until my oldest sister insisted that they stop. I was too young to complain, but I liked it.
Anyway, long long stories, I am sure you have plenty.
My parents lived to 96, mom, Heaven: 2016, 99.5 Daddy, Heaven 2023.
I cared for them in their last 10 years - I moved them from their comfy retirement home in Annapolis MD after mom had a stroke. I moved them to Virginia, Ashburn at a fancy expensive place called Ashby Ponds, just two miles from my house and spent every single day with them, a lot of difficult work but I made every effort to make it easy.
I am shocked to say I am 70.... almost 71 (wow time flies)
Anyway, blah blah blah.
I need to pull out dad's diary and find a translator.
I am really glad I found you. There are so very few left. Uncle Jan Straaijer went to Heaven this past October at a week before 100 years old, He lived in Aalten.
Well, I do have some translating experience; recently I translated a bunch of NDE-(Near-Death-Experience)s into Dutch, and I've done other translation work, including of letters in German written by German Mennonites living in Ukraine, in the 1930s. Stalin treated them horribly, starving and working them to death, the poor souls. Having read their experiences made me an determined supporter of Ukraine in its present war.
I wonder if you could email me a page of one of the letters, so I can see if it's feasible. With the German letters I had few problems, but there is one German style of handwriting that is like Sanskrit to me.
I am the daughter of parents that lived during WW2 in Rotterdam, Holland.
I have so many many many stories, probably a lot like yours.
Mom and dad met after the war and married in 1947. In 48 they came to the US, New Jersey and dad had a job with some big accounting company I can not recall right now, but I have all of his paperwork, everything,. I think the name started with B
I have a diary of my father, that he wrote pretty much after he came home from being a POW in North Germany. The writing is pretty tiny and the dutch is just too difficult for me to read.
When my parents came to US they did not want to speak Dutch anymore because they wanted to be Americans, so we did speak dutch at home until my oldest sister insisted that they stop. I was too young to complain, but I liked it.
Anyway, long long stories, I am sure you have plenty.
My parents lived to 96, mom, Heaven: 2016, 99.5 Daddy, Heaven 2023.
I cared for them in their last 10 years - I moved them from their comfy retirement home in Annapolis MD after mom had a stroke. I moved them to Virginia, Ashburn at a fancy expensive place called Ashby Ponds, just two miles from my house and spent every single day with them, a lot of difficult work but I made every effort to make it easy.
I am shocked to say I am 70.... almost 71 (wow time flies)
Anyway, blah blah blah.
I need to pull out dad's diary and find a translator.
I am really glad I found you. There are so very few left. Uncle Jan Straaijer went to Heaven this past October at a week before 100 years old, He lived in Aalten.
Well, I do have some translating experience; recently I translated a bunch of NDE-(Near-Death-Experience)s into Dutch, and I've done other translation work, including of letters in German written by German Mennonites living in Ukraine, in the 1930s. Stalin treated them horribly, starving and working them to death, the poor souls. Having read their experiences made me an determined supporter of Ukraine in its present war.
I wonder if you could email me a page of one of the letters, so I can see if it's feasible. With the German letters I had few problems, but there is one German style of handwriting that is like Sanskrit to me.
I agree with you. I am reaching the same point(s) and same to similar conclusions. Someone or others may be getting rich OR paid but not I.
Best of luck to you. Keep the door ajar as I may be slipping thru right behind you. There are without question better and more rewarding things to do.
WS
(Bill)
Since I'm in the same mental health group as you I thank you for this explanation of your birthplace. MAD DOG