Portland man schrijft NL vader's memoires

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Uit the Oregonian, de krant van Oregon, van vandaag het verhaal van Michael van der Hout die verhalen schrijft over zijn Nederlandse vader die tijdens de WW II in het verzet zat en later is geemigeert naar de US. Stond in de krant een leuke foto bij van z'n vader (en moeder) in Volendams kostuum maar dat komt helaas niet voor op de online versie.


Southeast Portland man turns his father's World War II story into e-mail dispatches
The postings contain items from photographs to documents, including those of surviving the Holocaust
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
TOM HALLMAN JR.
The Oregonian Staff

They say every family has a story. But outside of relatives, who hears all those tales from the past?

Then there's Michael van der Hout of Southeast Portland.
Show the slightest interest -- a nod will do -- and by day's end, you'll be on his e-mail list. Instead of another message about Rolexes or male supplements, you'll get a tale from van der Hout's colorful family history.

Every story contains documents and photographs. Some are dramatic -- World War II scenes and arrest papers. Some are tender -- a boy waving the Dutch flag in a tulip field. Some are mundane -- a box of matches van der Hout borrowed from an uncle long ago and forgot to return.

Keep reading and before long, you'll know all about Aunt Pleuna, Uncle Fritz and Pieter Peck, the family dog.

Most important, you'll learn about van der Hout's father, Jack, a Dutch resistance fighter captured by the Nazis during World War II. He escaped from a series of camps before being shipped to a hard-labor camp. He escaped from there, too, walking 340 miles back home.

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