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by ODYSSEY

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ODYSSEY
People in story:听
Nurses liberated rearlier than most of Holland
Location of story:听
Somewhere in the UK.
Article ID:听
A7121855
Contributed on:听
20 November 2005

To the British People:
We are at the end of telling our stories after our liberation.
WW2 will close : it is the end to a very important chapter in our lives. What rest us to do????
We want to thank the people of Britain for their hospitality, for their help, for their friendship . Words are easy but how can we prove what we say?
We really cannot!
How can one describe friendship, hospitality all the support given to us? only when one has experienced those gifts can it be understood.
The British people suffered untold hardships lost many of their men, and only one who has known the loss of a loved one will know what it means.

But every year we in Hollend remember the freedom given back to us through many of the sacrifices suffered by the British BUT WE WILL NEVER FORGET!!
POPPY DAY is not an empty word, it does have meaning for us We go and visit the graves of the fallen and... WE REMEMBER!!

So, I am sure I speak for all of the liberated women who were treated to your hospitality, your friendship ,your help:

THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS!!!

Odyssey

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Message 1 - Hear, hear!!!

Posted on: 20 November 2005 by anak-bandung

Jospehine, let me hold your hand across the distance and stand next to you, repeating what you have just said.
Although I was not in Holland at the time of the liberation, but far away on Java, awaiting OUR liberation - I am still Dutch and also like to say thank you. Thank you to all the allied forces who fought for us to be here still.
With this my thanks too to the 大象传媒 for giving us the opportunity to tell our stories.
Maybe a few youngsters, having read a few tales will stand still and reflect on them. Perhaps they will look upon some old wrinkly faces and wonder what those persons looked like when they were young and what they experienced during those awful years.
In this archive there is a wealth of real history, of real life, of real people; not just a few dates. Isn't it wonderful we have got to know one another a bit more? AND we made a few friends on the way!
So, hear, hear!!
love, Rob aka Anak Bandung @->--

Message 2 - Hear, hear!!!

Posted on: 21 November 2005 by ODYSSEY

L. ROB,
Thanks for your feed back!!! I am happy that you include your thanks!! We tend to forget when bad times are behind us, but we should never forget all the sacrifices made by our host country!
I have seen the terrible sacrifices made by young men liberating our city and I will never forget it!

I have no idea how many of the original group of women from Holland are still here.
I hope some will include their thanks to the British People welcoming us into their country.
And I am really happy too that through the 大象传媒's WWW2 we got to know each other and became such good friends.!
LOVE from:

Josephine alias ODYSSEY.

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