Anne Frank is without doubt a person that appeals to the imagine of many. Everybody knows the story of the 13/14 year old Jewish girl who has to hide for the Germans. She writes in her diary letters to an imaginary friend. After two years in a secret annex of her father’s business in Amsterdam, Read more…
Have you watched season 8, episode 1 of the TV show Finding Your Roots? In this episode the actress Rebecca Hall was one of the guests. If you did not see it then here is a preview. What the show did not mention is that Rebecca has a Dutch grandmother! If you did watch, you Read more…
A while ago I was a speaker at the annual reunion of the Van Valkenburg family. Members of this family – with branches in the United States and in Canada – have united in The National Association of the Van Valkenburg Family. This association started in 1970 and has since organized many activities for its Read more…