For example, Maxwell learned about his great -great -grandfather in Suriname, who was still registered as a slave for some time. Maxwell found the document in which his distant ancestor was officially released. “It was only one leaf that I could find,” says Maxwell. But his curiosity is stimulated. “I would like to know more about him.”
That search may lead to the other side of the ocean. Closer to Huis, Maxwell made a special discovery about his mother’s grandfather. “A friend of my great -grandfather was arrested by the Germans at the start of the Second World War. My great -grandfather sailed to prison by boat and freed that friend. He then managed to hide him for the Germans until the end of the war. “
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