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What will become of the Dutch farm school that saved my father from the Nazis?

JL;DR SUMMARY The article examines the future of Werkdorp Wieringermeer, a historic Dutch farm school that sheltered Jewish refugees prior to World War II. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryNazi EraJewish RefugeesHolocaust MemoryCultural HeritageMigrant WorkersWerkdorp WieringermeerFarm SchoolMemorial CenterGertrude Van Tijn

Places mentioned

Wieringermeer, North Holland, Netherlands
"Built in 1936 by students of Werkdorp Wieringermeer (Werkdorp means work village; Wieringermeer was the name of the township), the building held the dining room and classrooms of a Jewish farm school."
Slootdorp, North Holland, Netherlands
"Nearby, Slootdorp (Ditch Village) honors the canals that carry the water away."
Hollands Kroon, North Holland, Netherlands
"In April 2020, the council of Hollands Kroon the Crown of Holland, as the township is called today approved such housing for 160 workers."
North Holland, Netherlands
"Wieringer residents have found ways to commemorate the residents who died."
Gross Breesen, Pomerania, Poland
"Gross Breesen, now in Poland, is a fancy golf spa."
Ahlem, Lower Saxony, Germany
"The directors house of a farm school in Ahlem, Germany, is now a museum."
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
"its a 45-minute drive from Amsterdam, along a boring road, he said."
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
"He had been arrested in Frankfurt on Kristallnacht, the November 1938 pogrom, and sent east by train to Buchenwald."
New York, United States
"later as a dairy farmer in New York state."

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