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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Many a German gangster is called Dutch. Example: ''Dutch'' Schultz. The Pennsylvania "Dutch" are of German, not Netherland descent. In the rumbling language of the Netherlands (Nederlandsch taal) there is no such word as "Dutch." But it has taken Adolf Hitler to make "Dutch" an issue among phlegmatic Netherlanders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: No More Dutch | 10/29/1934 | See Source »

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