▁Wille m ▁spent ▁his ▁child hood ▁at ▁the ▁Kap eller la an . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁N ij m egen ▁and ▁then ▁to ▁Amsterdam ▁to ▁study ▁at ▁the ▁teachers ▁training ▁college ▁and ▁later ▁at ▁the ▁State ▁Academy ▁for ▁the ▁Visual ▁Arts ▁in ▁Amsterdam , ▁under ▁Jur res ▁and ▁Camp end onk . ▁His ▁fellow ▁students ▁at ▁the ▁Academy ▁included ▁Ja ap ▁Min , ▁K arel ▁App el , ▁Cor ne ille ▁and ▁many ▁others ▁who ▁would ▁later ▁rise ▁to ▁fame , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Jos ▁H ag eme ij er ▁( 1 9 2 0 – 1 9 9 1 ), ▁whom ▁he ▁would ▁later ▁marry ▁and ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁tal ented ▁artist ▁in ▁her ▁own ▁right . ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁Kap eller la an ▁and ▁the ▁nearby ▁chap el ▁in ▁Ro erm ond ▁that ▁had ▁the ▁most ▁prof ound ▁impact ▁on ▁Hof hu izen ' s ▁emot ional ▁development . ▁There , ▁he ▁developed ▁his ▁emot ional ▁bond ▁with ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁and ▁his ▁sense ▁of ▁the ▁monument al . ▁In ▁Amsterdam , ▁where ▁he ▁had ▁his ▁first ▁work shop ▁at ▁the ▁Laur iers gra cht , ▁he ▁soon ▁felt ▁the ▁ur ge ▁to ▁go ▁the ▁" C atholic ▁south " ▁of ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁far ▁south , ▁as ▁he ▁later ▁told ▁his ▁friends . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁during ▁the ▁second ▁world ▁war , ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁" li ber ated " ▁city ▁of ▁De ur ne ▁( where