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8 â€" REMEMBRANCE DAY 2006 â€" Thursday, November 9. 2008 < The H Winter in Holland, 1945 Pieter and AnneYWYnllinga. former proprietors By Picter Wyminga Ee in ty cumed. Our rattomcande gave of Pieter‘s Appleyard in Colborne, retired six n k \ each of us two slices of bread a years ago, settling in a new Cramahe Township n January, February and | â€" alo"* mamenae 057 | home. This past summer, the Wymingas moved to _ March of 1945, the hunger MMR * @WRF * *4#’;.& We still had wood stored in the be closer to fam_lly near Toronto: suffered by the Dutch was at IAAX WLasi :“ P «;‘5»"1 " 3 garage which needed splitting ‘ The followin§ is excerpted from Pieter its very height. The period was WWe «(g y . . .. cemnaae before we could use it to heat the Wyminga‘s memoit, The Path Around our House, later referred to as "The Hunger WIAF ‘p. w _z _ _ _ "" _ one room we lived in. Mr. Overâ€" his account of growing up in Holland. Winter". emand Bs lyâ€"wesmeameesmeaem â€" CUTN Yas to help me cut the : Here, in 1945, the Wyminga family faces their _ VAder (Father) and Moeder [AW 7 |p Mizg®@ _ . _â€" > O wood. But the poor man was as - most difficult winter. (Mother) met with friends to disâ€" @aÂ¥Lly gluz 0 t iss ) â€" thin as a rail and had no strength w o emang ies omm ce â€"ComBar cuss the alarming condition of a _ )’wf« m ~_* _ left to raise the axe high enough ie s _s’,-"?;v'T=”i' gessesen | . | _\ 0 â€"]| family they all knew very well, [ es 3w L. / ___|_ to bring it down with any force. f B } y t “«J van . kess ~~i Mr. and Mrs. Overduyn. They had _| <'%§ i. . _| _ He also told us that every bite [‘2 . $ ( wi‘: w fi*’ %? two young children, a girl and a [ e alabos s ag, of bread needed to be chewed 34 f _ BWV â€" ob ANEr e e] _ ]| boy. andrelied solely on the cenâ€" |_ $@#Â¥ ow "s@aif _ | times in order to get the most g'\ i 2;1‘%5 :"m:: tral kitchen for their daily food _/ %g':" td ty 11utl*;tt10n fr(ln}l it 8 It drlovo me mss yty %*;37.&*; ie 2 wlb sA onl intake. ; /. Sipeaoat & . _ | crazy to see him chew. I was. so ”\\:\‘@N;;&;{ % mt _ & The food served by the kitchen _â€"_â€" C§%00svste, _ hungry, my two slices of bread is x/ +â€"~â€"â€"I W TE Ag. . ~A ) had deteriorated lately. It seemed _ | _ Wsae es | _ were long gone when he still had ‘ & aggm \: \ \«‘r j # _ that daily more water was being â€"| .-;”‘ h» | most of his bread left, at least so it s y . lt aex.. 9 _ s _ i . â€" C [ se tet.. C n s cb 9 5‘ Aiwreee @ se soup. ?\i"'*fi“' $ | e day SP my Re, & D e uie ... .. o en \;5 a feed The Overduyn family were y â€" t ooeet" us / must have been in February or | "g;:%‘f‘%\.}; ~O Lip | spending the greater part of the _\ 3 W ) March, my hunser was shocet e > A"L‘E @3\ _ pef! . __| day trying to keep warm and not _ 39 O Etm e 381 & s \_, }v CaMrat 0 *’55 bl_n*n excessive energy. Their ’ & : | wa \ve ‘i ]ti)u ,,'1 t 10e I1Ԥ]c 198121 (1)12 . in s ie o n tay .6 5‘?3 (olt i es ~=â€" friends offered to divide the Overâ€" _ < . s N ie s ul w wy xÂ¥ Ts s duyn family amongst themselves. â€"| _ ‘ s e o o tea, yise uo o h.Â¥ )fi‘ IP _ Moeder and Vader took in Mr. ; 32â€" i. . » m . | t #3 foun ‘;’ bp}%t es . ies _ lWle, C3E ~~oâ€"â€"_ Overduyn, another family took in â€"| «_ â€" h. ~~ e I{leie ;3 w OfO ut my tcla Scrl re}; 1 h on e o Th G C Mrs. Overduyn and a third took I gus‘ 2 Aar ° ag@e k 1 . venfed mo itom secmms L6 CPAL * s is k fese in the children. Li f 4 p e e left from my earlier hit. Moeder «_ es on n t s | 4 > 0A B OmR P j : es C se terdam, the _ Imust have seen me heading for â€" _ Hunger left people listless and cold. We had started to rely on the _ n the streets of AMS s To j 7 i gange Mâ€"ffgf -.5:,,‘__,@ o o ols S e reentralleitchen as welt but, Hick impacts of {50d and clothing the garage and decided to follow ul s" es t ~"‘i§ y WW%F ily, still had some potatoes left. shortages are Clearly seen Ms: \ o â€" . ts2)l B9 v:{}%s \, The tins of butter which Moeder in this young POY heading out j o. â€". ui. t _ O O had bought at the very beginning in gearch of food. 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