The wartime queen of the Netherlands prevented the construction of a refugee center for Jews in 1939, according to a Dutch newspaper report. Queen Wilhelmina, who is known to have lead the Dutch Resistance from exile later in the war, reportedly objected to the center because it would have been placed too close to her palace.
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