Philip and his editors visited many former students and teachers to record the anecdotes, but in a small town where everyone knows each other that is also difficult. “You have to imagine that there were only about 2500-3000 people living in Wijk bij Duurstede at the time. I regularly hear a great anecdote, especially from older people, and then ‘but you can’t write that down’. is apparently still sensitive, because everyone from that time knows each other.”
From historical petition to the skeleton in the vegetable garden: book about education in Wijk bij Duurstede should immortalize stories
