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OMA REMEMBERS . . . |
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 As farewell gift I received a beautiful baby cabinet, made by the firm's carpenter. And then on the 18th August 1944 we had our first child, a beautiful boy, Paul. He experienced the worst war winter 1944/45, but he was breastfed and grew as if there was no hunger and privation. However, I was very, very weak and by the end of 1945 I became ill. |
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The doctor diagnosed my condition as typhoid. I was immediately sent to the Wilhelmina Hospital in the isolation ward for infectious diseases. It was a large ward with about 30 very ill women and children. There was a baby with meningitis who died, and there were three other women who died in the short time while I was there. Strangely |
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