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...hrer" Anton Adrian Mussert's Dutch imitation of Hitler's Youth Movement, Nationale Jeugdstorm, has doubled the number of its demonstrations and marches, has opened new offices all over Holland to enlist recruits. To show off the recruits, Sunday-schoolish Hoofdstormer (Youth Movement chief) van Geelkerken last week planned a mass youth rally at Roermond. Friederic Schmidt, dictator of the Adolf Hitler Youth Schools, attended. But Roermond townspeople stayed away. Shops were locked up, streets deserted, blackout curtains drawn. While some 50 corn-haired Dutch children squirmed in embarrassment, Schmidt commented ruefully: "Apparently citizens of this town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Dutchmen Don't Forget | 8/3/1942 | See Source »

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