Word: enkhuizen
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...boats sail by on the North Sea Canal. When we went under draw bridges the operators lowered small wooden shoes so we could put in a few cents toil. On the other hand, there are many signs of American influence. The proprietor of a very small hotel in Enkhuizen, where few Americans venture, offered me several copies of "Life" while I waited to use his phone. One Sunday we arrived at the tourist-frequented island of Marken to be serenaded by a large excursion steamer blazing the strains of "Cruising Down the River" by Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters...
...When I arrived in Holland," writes Wilhelm in his memoirs, "a crowd at Enkhuizen ... by an unmistakable gesture toward the neck followed by an upward movement of the hand . . . made clear to me how thoroughly the caricature of my person produced and disseminated by Entente propaganda had fixed itself in their minds. . . . Like a prisoner, like an outlaw, I move among these Hollanders who turn away their lowering, shy visages as they pass, or, at most, look askance at me with half-closed eyes. I am the bloodthirsty babykiller ; people are embittered against the Dutch Government . . . for letting me roam...
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