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As part of the Zuiderwaterlinie research project ‘The war on the doorstep: billeting of soldiers and sheltering of war refugees through the ages’, historian Stef Koenis is investigating the recent sheltering of Ukrainian refugees with host families in the Zuiderwaterlinie area.
The aim of this oral history project is to record these special historical experiences from both perspectives – that of the refugees as well as that of the host families. What did they find interesting or difficult? What did they learn from each other? What surprised them? And what bonds were formed? Many Ukrainian refugees who stayed with host families are still living in the Netherlands. This offers a unique opportunity to record their experiences now, while the memories are still fresh.
The results of this interview project will appear in a chapter of the book publication on the broader Zuiderwaterlinie research project, planned for October 2025.
This will link recent history to earlier forms of billeting and refugee accommodation, such as during the Eighty Years’ War, the War of the Austrian Succession and the Second World War. This broader historical context will reveal the parallels that can be drawn between past and present.
