Republished with permission. Chapter 24 of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf of the book click here.
Teunis “Teun” van Genderen was born in Sliedrecht on 25 January 1918. He was the son of Teunis van Genderen and Johanna Nederlof. His father died in Lüneburg, Germany, on 17 May 1945, shortly after Read more
Pieter “Piet” van Wijngaarden was born in Sliedrecht on 24 September 1922. He was the son of Marinus van Wijngaarden, an engineer, and Antje Visser. Pieter became an assistant dredgemaster and worked in tin dredging Read more
Bernardus Johannes Meertens was born in Kruiningen, Zeeland, on 29 April 1920. He was the son of Leendert Jacobus Meertens and Geertruid Elsman. On 22 June 1950, Bernardus departed from Schiphol aboard the first KLM Read more