Figure 1.--Confirmation was a very inmportant step in a boys life as late as the early 20th century. The boys in the available images look like older teenagers. |
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We have little information about Dutch confirmation. Except for the "Catholic" provinces, Brabant and Limburg, in the Netherlands where the children get their First Communion, confirmation in the "Protestant" parts of the country never were as important as in neighboring Germany even in the early 20th century when religion was a more important aspect of Dutch life. The boys in the available images look like older teenagers. Parents would normally send post cards to family and friends on the occassion of a boy's confirmation. Today religion is a much less important part of Dutch life.
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