01 Oct Radio documentary (19-Mar-2014)
Radio documentary!!! I just heard that the radio documentary will be broadcast on March 30th, at 19.02 on Radio 5 by the Joodse Omroep. It will be in Dutch...
01 Oct Nijmegen (17-Mar-2014)
The Dutch media are continuing to show a big interest into the refugee children in the Netherlands. It seems that everyone is as surprised as I was 6 years ago that such a big and interesting subject has never been researched. Last week I went to...
01 Oct Radio 1 (13-Feb-2014)
This morning I was the guest in "Het gesprek" on Dutch National Radio 1 (the news and sports channel). It was a pleasure to talk to Jurgen van den Berg and Ghislaine Plag about the refugee children, even though 10 minutes is about 10 hours...
01 Oct McClatchy article (12-Feb-2014)
The article that Tracy wrote has been published online and in local newspapers around the US, even around the world. Many people have visited the site, and many people have reacted. All positive and encouraging reactions. After 6 years of working mostly on my own...
01 Oct Response to the site (30-Jan-2014)
After another article by Paul Arnoldussen in the (Amsterdam-based) Dutch newspaper Het Parool, I received a generous response to the new site. Amongst others, from a woman whose two cousins came to this country by Kindertransport. She was happy with the documents I had found...
01 Oct Launch of site (13-Jan-2014)
Yesterday I notified about 300 people by mail about the launch of the site. The response has been overwhelming! Within minutes I started receiving the first replies. Many people complimented the site, some gave me corrections and others provided additions. One child whose fate I...
01 Oct New site (11-Jan-2014)
How time flies…. Today I can proudly announce that the new site is finished! I can now share much of the information I have gathered in the last 6 years with everyone interested. Along with personal details on each child including information on siblings, cousins, parents...
01 Oct Israel (8-Sep-2011)
After coming back from the US, I heard from many people that they had read my blog. I apologize for not having added anything there since then. That is not because there was nothing to blog, but more because I have been rather busy. A short...
01 Oct Boston (13-May-2011)
After settling into my hotel room (I am so getting used to that by now) I try to set up my Boston appointments, with success. Once that is done I drive over to a mall and shop around a little, not because I want to...
01 Oct NYC and Albany (11-May-2011)
Saturday morning I want to visit the Metropolitan Museum before my interview with George Tscherny, but they are unwilling to guard all my electronic equipment in the cloakroom, so I end up walking around on the upper East side. At noon I meet George and...