Schoolboy in Wartime Memories of My Early Years

Literary Nonfiction. SCHOOLBOY IN WARTIME is a true World War II story, centered in Alkmaar, a Netherlands city founded in 1254. The author recalls his family lore; being asked to prepare vestments for a Nazi "soldier priest" during the occupation of his neighbourhood; the sudden disappearance of a Jewish citizen who frequented the shop of his grandparents; his father returning from "police action" in "the Netherlands East Indies"; and school days. Gerard van Veen is a former Catholic priest now living in St. Martin, Caribbean.