MAURICE GOUDEKETTING
THE EARLY YEARS
MEMOIRS OF MY LIFE
BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER WORLD WAR TWO
MAURICE GOUDEKETTING – THE EARLY YEARS – 1920-1940 – In 1924 my parents moved to Eindhoven and opened a store which sold seafood
named „Wijnschenk‟s Vischandel‟. The business operated from the ground floor and my family lived above the store. I was given one of the bedrooms in the attic
to sleep in.
While my mother watched over the Eindhoven store, my father would take the train to the Velsen fish market which was about 150 kilometers from Eindhoven and close to the North Sea. During the day he would auction fish at the market and then bring home fish to be sold in our store.
