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With the video series Stories from the Polder, the Haarlemmermeer Library tells the special and unique stories of residents of Haarlemmermeer. The first in the series is Stories from the Polder: Haarlemmermeer in times of war. Anton Zekveld tells his story about the heroic helpers who helped an American soldier escape from the hands of the occupier in the Second World War, in the middle of the Abbenes polder. We also see Sybil van Dam who has collected Anton's story and more stories from the war in her book Nooit Meer. With great thanks to: Anton Zekveld Sybil van Dam De Appelenburg in Abbenes Poem: Cobie Verheij - de Peuter Music: Esther Abrami Film by Swaentje van Sprundel, Haarlemmermeer Library