• Ship Irpinia, 28th of August, 1957

    Looking through old photo’s of my parents to find some nice ones of my godmother Jeanne, who has recently passed away, I came upon the bill of passage of our voyage on the ship Irpinia, leaving Flushing on the 28th of August, 1957.My parents, or should I say my father, had decided to exchange dreary…

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  • Diary 1969

    Just found my diary from 1969 and have been reading it, feeling amused and embarrassed about that 15-year-old, who thought she had it all figured out.It starts with an About me, mainly fixated on what I looked like: My name is Sylvia Lowik. I am born on ..54 in G the Netherlands. When I was…

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