Tag: women at war
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Selma van de Perre: Show Notes
June 7, 1922 Selma Velleman is born in Alkmaar, Netherlands, the second to last of four children, to Barend Levi Velleman (a theatre man) and Femmetje Velleman-Spier (a milliner)Her older brothers were Louis and David, and her younger sister, ClaraMoved to Zandvoort as baby and moved back to Alkmaar in 1926 at age 4Had aunts…
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Selma van de Perre: Making the Episode
The research leading up to the making of this episode was intense to say the least. I don’t always know what I am getting myself into when I decide the women I will showcase for each episode, and while I knew the parameters of Selma’s story, putting myself in her shoes was certainly difficult because…