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De kwestie Vrederust

De huisuitzetting van de familie Kroes

op 3 februari 1955 in Amsterdam - Sloten

Paul Kroes (1956) uit Lijnden debuteert met het boek De kwestie Vrederust.

In deze autobiografie beschrijft Paul de spraakmakende huisuitzetting van zijn familie op 3 februari 1955. Die dag stond het gezin van Gerard Kroes op straat toen zij gedwongen werden de boerderij Vrederust aan de Osdorperweg 260 in Amsterdam te verlaten. Moeder Cornelia Kroes-Hoogeboom was drie weken eerder bevallen va...

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