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To: jerod

Actually, the Dutch were much worse than the French in terms of collaboration, but they get credit for hiding Anne Frank (but then again, who betrayed her?)


62 posted on 07/22/2017 10:17:27 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
"Actually, the Dutch were much worse than the French in terms of collaboration..."

In Schoondijke, the Dutch village my father was born in, the locals hid allied pilots and resistance workers in, and around the mill. It was called DeHulster's Mill. My father was born in 1904, and came to this country with his parents, and his two brothers in 1912, so the windmill was there when he was. My oldest son and I visited Schoondijke in 2006, and were able to get photos of the mill, although we weren't able to tour it. It was closed the day we were there. Schoondijke was heavily occupied by the Germans, and allied bombing practically destroyed the village. But the mill survived intact.

Here's a link to a bit of history about it:

DeHulster's Mill

89 posted on 07/22/2017 10:42:41 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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