Why Orange?
Because it is the color of the family
that was, again and again, at the helm
of the Netherlands' ship of state;
that found affection thru the centuries
with the citizens of the Low Countries —
a lasting symbol, so exceptionally long.
Don't you have a sense of history?
Because the family of that color
came from remote regions to these parts
when, in middle age, a distant member
took a virginal child from Breda,
with many estates, tho few years —
eleven summers, so exceptionally young.
Don't you have a sense of history?
Why Westerbork?
Because it is the site of the camp
from where the excluded were deported
to the east, the worst-off in freight cars,
in order to suffer and die there
in a terribly cruel Swastica Reich
that just gassed them, and shot down.
Don't you have a sense of history?
Because the camp there was not allowed
at twelve kilometers from Her Palace,
where She, so terribly close in summer,
chose not to welcome the displaced ones,
and the government of the Orange Rijk
just gave in to Her, and knelt down.
Don't you have a sense of history?
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M. Vincent van Mechelen
76.LNE |
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* In the year 1403 of the
Christianist Era the German nobleman Engelbrecht of Nassau, about 28
years old then, married Johanna of Polanen from Breda, 11 years old.
Because of this marriage he acquired her vast riches in the duchy of
Brabant (with Breda castle and town) and the county of Holland, among
which many manors and homesteads.
These facts are part of the history of the 'House of Orange-Nassau',
to which the Dutch monarchs have belonged since 1815 ChrE.
** In the year 1939 of the Christianist Era the Dutch queen
Wilhelmina, about 59 years old then, and de facto head of state of the
Northern Netherlands,
refused to agree with the construction of a camp for Jewish refugees
from Nazi-ruled Germany.
The reason was that the camp would be located at 'a mere' 12 km
distance from her royal palace Het Loo near Apeldoorn.
The camp was built at Westerbork in Drenthe instead, a safe distance
of 83 km away from her summer residence.
