Milton at Yetta’s Garden. Ancramdale, NY - 2016
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Rock bench to view Yetta’s Garden. Ancramdale, NY - 2016
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Dedication of Yetta’s Garden. Dedicated to both Maurice Gosler and Henriette Gosler on 04/18/2015. Ancramdale, NY - 2015
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Cherry tree planted to shade rock bench and add color to Yetta’s Garden. Ancramdale, NY - 2016
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Passover dinner for 14 people - 2015
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House to the right was part of an elementary school. House to the left is where Joe was hidden as an infant/toddler. Wageningen, the Netherlands - 1943 - 1945
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Reuben, age one, saying hello to a cow across the road. Ancramdale, NY - 2019
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Alleyway dividing where Joe was hidden from the school house. Wagening, the Netherlands - 1943 - 1945
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Joe gardening in back of his house. Groningen, the Netherlands - 1948
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Jewish star worn by every Dutch Jew over the age of 6. The Netherlands - 1940 - 1945
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An ink drawing by Joe’s father, Maurice, while he was in hiding during WWII. Amsterdam, the Netherlands - 1943 - 1945
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Anneke came to Joe and Sheila’s son’s (Jake) bar mitzvah. Ancramdale, NY - 1994
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A different view of Yetta’s garden. Ancramdale, NY - 2016
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Reuben, at Yetta’s Garden viewing the house and barns. Ancramdale, NY - 2020
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Joe read excerpts from his book, Searching for Home. Millerton, NY - 2022
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Joe celebrating VE Day. Groningen, the Netherlands - 1948
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Joe, at 20 months, while in hiding. His name was changed to Peiter Dijkstra. Wageningen, the Netherlands - 1944
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Joe and his sister, Marja out for a stroll with their mom. Groningen, the Netherlands - 1946
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Joe’s father and his 1955 Buick. It meant a world to him. Rockaway Park, NY - 1960
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Notice that Joe is the only child with dark hair. Groningen, the Netherlands - 1947
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Cousins Marion, Rosie, Johnny,, with Joe and Marja, parents, aunt and friends, Israel - 1951
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Ink drawing that Joe’s father, Maurice, did while in hiding. By coincidense, the same picture appeared in Ken Burns documentary, "U.S. and the Holocaust". Amsterdam, the Netherlands - 1943 -1945
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Taken on the front steps of our home in Rockaway Park, NY -1954
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Moeder Dijkstra - Joe’s Christian mother during WWII, while being hidden. Wageningen, the Netherlands -1957
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Vader Dijkstra. Joe’s Christian father during WWII, while being hidden. Wageningen, the Netherlands - 1957
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Folie Dijkstra. Moeder Dijkstra's daughter - 1960's
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Joe, age 7 or 8. Beit Hashita, Israel - 1950
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Joe, his mom and nephew Steven at Joe’s mother’s (Yetta) home. Groningen, the Netherlands - 1972
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Joe and cousin Andy at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, the Netherlands - 1963
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Joe, Sheila and Gopher standing outside our plastic geodesic home, Taghazout, Morocco - 1972
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Cousin Jack and Joe in Portland, Maine - 1960's
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Joe’s nephews Brian and Steven taken at Marja’s home. Brooklyn, NY - 1978
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Joe and Sheila’s son, Jake. Beacon, NY - 1984
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Sheila, Marja, Yetta, Maurice and Joe - Dinner in Manhattan. Not long after Joe’s parents returned to live in the U.S.A. - 1981
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Sheila - I believe it was at Larry’s wedding. New York, NY 1988
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Joe with Reuben, our 3 month old pup, sitting on the porch. Ancramdale, NY - 2018
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Joe and Jake - Photo taken in a restaurant on Irving Place. New York, NY - 1994
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House where Joe was hidden as an infant toddler - Color photo of home in Wageningen, the Netherlands - 1943-1945
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Joe nestled between Anneke Dijkstra and Folie Dijkstra - Maybe the earliest photo taken of Joe while in hiding. Wagenningen, the Netherlands - 1943
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Milton, the house, pool picket fencing and barns - 2016
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Joe at his home apple orchard, Ancramdale NY - 2022
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Joe and friends at his home on apple picking day.
Standing: left to right: Michael, Pat, Sydney, Dan, Caroline and Richard. Seated on the bench: Sheila and Ronnie G. Seated from left to right: Ronnie M., Joe, Gretchen, Julie and Jill - Photo by Alex Lage - Ancramdale NY - 2022
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Photo by Sheila in Istanbul at the Ibrahim Pasha hotel - 2005
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