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in 1932. He supervised the repair of the building and after converting half of the watermill into residential quarters the
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from age 14 to 17 years. He suffered from undiagnosed dyslexia, which held him back academically with the result that he had to repeat a year. School worship at
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had their headquarters in one room of the mill. They employed
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