Quote:
|
during the war one was in the Dutch Army, one in the Dutch resistance and the third in the German Army. All survived the war, I'm sure their histories made for interesting discussion at a family gathering.
|
Tim....I wonder if they ever talked about it in the post-war years.
It seems it wasn't uncommon that people didn't talk about the war in post-war years, even if family members chose opposite sides during the war. For a lot of people it was a closed book, it was painful to talke about it and everyone focussed on rebuilding the country and returning to everyday life.
There was a good documentary on Dutch TV recently about the immediate post-war years....it must have been a very "strange" period.....for instance ...survivors from the camps returned to their homes only to find someone else living there and all their possessions being stolen.
Alex