I have in my collection a small blue booklet made during the last weeks of German Occupation in Holland. This little book is a lovely guide for the Allied soldiers liberating a country they often knew very little about. The guide is funny, silly, but also harsh and tough. It shows a unique inside into what happened to the Dutch people during the war and how they felt about this and their liberators. More then a guide to the Netherlands it is a guide to the people of the Netherlands, how you should order a drink, what girls you should stay away from, some words you shouldnt use... The booklet is filled with spelling mistakes and old fashioned spelling… (mere)
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This little book is a lovely guide for the Allied soldiers liberating a country they often knew very little about.
The guide is funny, silly, but also harsh and tough.
It shows a unique inside into what happened to the Dutch people during the war and how they felt about this and their liberators.
More then a guide to the Netherlands it is a guide to the people of the Netherlands, how you should order a drink, what girls you should stay away from, some words you shouldnt use...
The booklet is filled with spelling mistakes and old fashioned spelling… (mere)