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The "Orange Hotel"  
   

The "Orange Hotel"

This is a replica room of the Scheveningen penitentiary where suspected Dutch resistance supporters were incarcerated. It was nicknamed the "Orange Hotel" due to the high number of resistance members it housed. (Today, Scheveningen Prison is used to detain convicted war criminals from the former Yugoslavia & Sierra Leone under the auspices of the United Nations.)
Continuing the history nerd kick: the Allied liberation of the Netherlands...

May 10th 2010
Since I was still on my "World War II-kick," today I decided to visit the Nationaal Bevrijdingsmuseum (National Liberation Museum) in Groesbeek. I had originally thought it was an easy train ride an hour north of Maastricht; however, I was wayyyyyy off. It took me 2 hours to get to Nijmegen by train, & then I had to take a 20 minute bus to Groesbeek. Since it took me forever to get there, I decide ... read more
Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Nijmegen

Dutch Flag The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized natio... ... read more
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