Queen Mother of Holland Honors Heroes Who Offended Jews Under Nazis
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Queen Mother of Holland Honors Heroes Who Offended Jews Under Nazis

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AMSTERDAM (Feb. 28)

Queen Mother Wilhelmina attended yesterday the 16th annual commemoration of the strike of Amsterdam workers against the first deportation of Dutch Jews by the Nazis. The Queen laid a wreath at the foot of the monument to workers killed in the strike.

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