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Historians have described in various ways the working and living conditions of the diligent workers in the peatlands at the beginning of this century. These stories are often about reconstructions. Objective representations of events, usually based on historical documents. Little can be found about the feelings of the people themselves. Tradition by the workers is scarce. One movement that at that time mainly flourished in Southeast Drenthe was anarchism. One of the founders of anarchism is Hamen van Houten. He can confidently be called the 'last disciple' of Domela Nieuwenhuis. Harmen van Houten is a man who still gets tears in his eyes when he hears the name of his great foreman Domela. Van Houten, a man who felt working in the South-East Drenthe peat to the core. In living and working conditions that have left him with many bruises on his soul, but which also formed a powerful source of inspiration for the flowering of ararchism in this part of our country. Memoirs of a peat worker ',' Anarchism in Drenthe '.
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