For this episode I interview Grace Lodder, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Grace is full of incredible stories about history. She also has a heck of a sense of humour. She shares what she loves about Riverside Glen, and what she remembers from her move to Canada.
She also talks about life during WWII, and how difficult it was afterward, when the German’s had taken many of Holland’s resources during their occupation. The Germans made the Dutch men build big dykes so that if the English came with their boats they couldn’t land. It was a scary time for Grace, and the other Dutch residents of Holland - if the Germans apprehended Dutch men, they would take them to Germany to work in their most dangerous factories, and their bomb factories, because they knew the English would come with bombs, and they thought the English might not bomb their factories if they knew they were filled with Dutch workers. Grace's father was one of the Dutch men taken to a factory in Germany, and had to rely on secret methods of communication to escape and hide in order to make it home again.
It's so important to listen to these stories, and try to learn from history, and we appreciate Grace sharing with us today, and for being such a delight to talk to.
This interview was originally recorded on Feb 16 2022
