A number of Netherlands Jews received high distinctions in Queen Juliana’s Birthday Honors List. The highest award went to Dr D. Dresden, of Delft, a professor of engineering and industrial scientist. He was made a Commander in the Order of Orange and Nassau.
Dr. Izak Kisch, noted lawyer and Zionist leader of Amsterdam, and Abraham Menko, industrialist of Enschede, were made Officers of the Order of Orange and Nassau. Mme. Jeanne Willing, author; Mrs. Sonja Gaskell, director of the Dutch Ballet; A. Van Santen, president of the Jewish Organization for the Disabled, and L.A. Cohen, Superintendent of Police, all of Amsterdam, received knighthoods in the Order.
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