“I wasn’t aware of that my dad was
thinking of the war every single day. Except for when I refused to eat
something, that was when he said that I should be happy that at least
there was something to eat. At that time, I thought it was pretty
normal to have food on the table.”
Former Justice minister Sorgdrager, commemoration August 15th 2002.
I remember how afraid we were to throw out slices of ‘old’ bread.
Dad sometimes would storm in the kitchen to give a lecture about the
importance of food. If there was no food we’d be starving. But how
could we be starving when there were at least 4 more loafs of bread in
the freezer?