“If you could give the younger generation a word of advice, what would it be?”
“Stand up for your rights! I might be an old hippie but in my young days we protested against the violation of what we thought was right”
“What exactly should they fight for these days?”
“Well for example, they should fight for their privacy rights. These days it’s almost impossible to pay with cash money cause they want to know what you spend. All our mobile devices are being tracked all our information is out there for grabs. And we…we just stand there and watch . But then again I might just be an old hippie.”

“In the winter of 1944 me and my brother had to leave Amsterdam because of the Hunger winter. My mother wasn’t able to provide food for us so we were send by boat to a family in the north of the country. The worst thing was that we didn’t know if we were going to be reunited ever again. We lived on a big farm with a very wealthy family. They were very good people but I remember being incredibly homesick. We were too young to really understand, but old enough to know there was a terrible war going on. In may our country was liberated from the German occupation and we returned back home to our parents in Amsterdam. Even though I was young I remember it very well. On the 8th of May 1945 the American and Canadian tanks we riding through the city of Amsterdam and the feeling was indescribable. We were finally free.”

“I place promotional posters all over the city for a living. In Amsterdam its basically forbidden to do so. When you put up a poster you need to be fast so you won’t get caught. But even if you do, in the worst case you get a ticket. It´s a small scene. We all know each other each other. When new members enter we always make sure we get together so we don’t get into each other´s territories. I tried to study several times but I guess I am just not the type to go to school.”

“People expect him to be dangerous and aggressive but from the inside he’s actually the sweetest little puppy ever.”

“She loves colors. Not one color is her favorite, all colors are her favorite..”