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Historical Research

Historisch Onderzoek

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Ik doe onderzoek (soms in opdracht) en geef lezingen over (Noord-) Nederlandse historische onderwerpen

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I conduct research and lecture on Dutch historical topics

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Historisch onderzoek start

bij de bron

Historical research starts

at the source

I work on several research projects

Consumerism 1870-1940

One of my research projects is on consumerism and the supplier network. Based on the administration of a Hotel 1870-1940 (the purchases from the book of creditors), I analyze where specific goods were bought, their prices and when new goods were introduced.

Stitswerd circa 1830-1960

As an undergraduate student I did research on rural society, farmers, peasants and rural laborers. I took several classes with dr. Gerard Trienekens and he was one of my PhD-supervisors. It just seems right to return to the subject. So every now and then I collect data on a small village in the 'Hogeland' region called Stitswerd.

Questions I try to answer are: who lived in this village; what did these men and women do for a living; who owned the houses and the land in the village and how did the living conditions of the inhabitants develop over time?

Jewish Real Estate 1940-1955

During the Second World War Jewish properties were stolen and sold. Some of the real estate was bought by city-councils and government officials.

In 2021, with a team, I did research on this topic in the city of Groningen and its surrounding villages. This was publihed as a free PDF report.

In 2022 and 2023 I did follow-ups on the (small) city of Coevorden and the twin city of Kampen-IJsselmuiden. These were interesting towns with relatively large Jewish populations.

On Coevorden an article (in Dutch) was published. The report on Kampen-IJsselmuiden was published as an illustrated book by WBooks publishers.

In the summer of 2026 I started research on Midden-Drenthe. Here Jewish real estate is being researched alongside the living wagons owned by Travelers, Sinti and Roma in the region. All these properties were seized, used and often sold without consent of their owners. Was this fully redressed after the war? What was the role of civil-servants and the local-councils?