During World War II my father Jan A. Weststrate
started taking notes during BBC radio broadcasts 
from the time the Germans prohibited possesion 
of wireless sets in the Netherlands in May 1943 
until the time the part of the Netherlands he 
and his family lived in (the village of Krabbendijke 
in the province of Zeeland) was liberated in October 
1944 by the Allied forces.
The notes start on May 16th 1943 and end rather 
abruptly on October 23rd 1944. 
From the 23rd until the 26th of October Krabbendijke 
was the scene of heavy fighting, resulting in the 
liberation on October the 26th.(1)
From October the 27th 1944 until the 23rd of 
January 1945 no electricity was available in 
Krabbendijke.(2)

Five notebooks, in all some 1000 pages lay
forgotten more than 50 years, until a few years 
ago my mother moved to a new home.
My father died in 1966.

In September 2003 I have started scanning
and transcribing these pages. This task will 
probably take a few months.
Not all of the pages are clearly readable.
If you can correct or help transcribing 
these pages, please send an email to

info@zeelandboek.nl.
Please clearly state the page you are 
commenting on.

Ad Weststrate,
Veere, september 2003.


(1) Wel bevrijd ... toch angst. Oorlogshandelingen
maart '44 - mei '45 Krabbendijke en omstreken.
Gert H. Kuijt, 1994, ISBN 90-70697-14-9
Drukkerij en boekhandel van Velzen B.V. - Krabbendijke
Pages 45-46
(2) Idem
Page 64