Tag Archives: World War II
Trees heeft een Candadees Posted by tiffany on Jun 19, 2013
The Netherlands was liberated in 1945. As you can imagine, after years of oppression, there was much dancing and partying and celebration. And it’s in these sorts of circumstances that boys meet girls. Young, foreign men in uniform swept Dutch girls off their feet and, often, back to Canada, America, or wherever else with them…
Miep Gies is overleden Posted by sarah on Jan 18, 2010
Miep Gies, the last survivor from a small group of people who helped the Frank family during World War II, passed away last week. She would have turned 101 years old next month. One of the more important icons in Dutch history is Anne Frank. I really won’t go into the greater details of the…