#OnThisDay, 21 Mar 1945, Hannie Schaft, an active member of the Dutch resistance known as "the girl with the red hair", is arrested at a German checkpoint in Haarlem.
She is later executed, allegedly saying "I shoot better" after the first attempt to shoot her missed.
#OnThisDay, 2 Feb 1953, Dr Anna de Waal becomes State Secretary for Education, Arts and Sciences in the Netherlands. She is the first woman to hold a ministerial cabinet post in the country.
https://www.alojapan.com/1177749/nagasaki-secret-garden-in-the-winter-%e2%9d%84%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%87%af%f0%9f%87%b5-travel/ Nagasaki Secret Garden in the Winter! 
#travel #Nagasaki #NagasakiDestinations #NagasakiTour #NagasakiTravel #NagasakiTrip #NagasakiVacation #長崎 Nagasaki Secret Garden in the Winter! #travel Discovering the beauty of Glover Garden in Nagasaki, even during a snowstorm! Historic Dutch buildings and amazing port views. Then, a warm meal! #Nagasaki #GloverGarden #Japan #Travel #Snow #DutchHistory #Shorts …
my latest bio for #WikipediaAsianMonth ; I was focusing on internees at the Dutch camp at Boven Digoel but I realized the guy who founded and built the camp did not have an article. Laurens Theodorus "Theo" Becking (1887–1945); he was quite a piece of work, a fascist leader in the NSB in the 1930s and interned by the Dutch in a camp in Surinam during WWII, where he died.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Becking
#OnThisDay, 21 Mar 1945, Hannie Schaft, an active member of the Dutch resistance known as "the girl with the red hair", is arrested at a German checkpoint in Haarlem.
She is later executed, allegedly saying "I shoot better" after the first attempt to shoot her missed.
#OnThisDay, 5 July 1922, women vote in a Dutch general election for the first time.
#WomenInHistory #Histodons #VotesForWomen #DutchHistory
#WaybackWednesday
The “Morspoort” is a gate that played a significant role in the history of Leiden, particularly during “Leidens Ontzet” or Leiden's Relief. On October 3rd, 1574, during the 80 Years War, Dutch rebels led by William of Orange liberated Leiden from the Spanish siege. Every year, the Morspoort serves as one of the starting points of the traditional 3 Oktober festival.
#photography #city #AYearForArt
#Morspoort #Leiden #Netherlands #gate #LeidensOntzet #DutchHistory #80YearsWar #Tradition #3Oktober
Discovered this amazing virtual exhibition about thousands of 17th century letters in the Dutch postal system that were never delivered!
New technology enables them to be read without being opened. Learn more here:
Here is one of my older comics from this year - I will post these from time to time, too, I guess.
