DEFIANT DUTCH
NAZI TYRANNY WILL END
Professor A. J. Baroner says the Dutch are defiant, not dependent. They are firmly convinced that Nazi tyranny cannot last; and that conviction gives them strength to endure the' present hardships and trials. j Tliey are hopefully looking forward to the day of reckoning. They call it "Bijltesdag" (Hatchet Day) —a name that is popular in Dutch history. It was given to the day of 15th November, 1813, because it was, on that date that, the workmen employed in the Amsterdam shipyards broke out in open revolt against the French, who were then ruling Holland. These ships' carpenters were known by the name of "bijltjes".— a common transfer of the name from the tool to its wiekler.. The Dutch are looking forward to another ''hatchet day," but, unaware, as it seems, of the origin of the name, they expect a day of real hatchets that will fly at the oppressors and the traitors among their own kind.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 3, 11 September 1942, Page 5
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