The Messenger of Leidschendam
On the morning of May 5, 1945, a young Dutch resistance courier named Ada pedaled her battered bicycle through the streets of Leidschendam, a town...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 52:7-10.
On the morning of May 5, 1945, a young Dutch resistance courier named Ada pedaled her battered bicycle through the streets of Leidschendam, a town hollowed out by five years of Nazi occupation. The Hongerwinter had nearly killed them all. Tulip bulbs and sugar beet scraps had become their daily bread. But Ada carried news that changed everything: the German forces in the Netherlands had surrendered.…
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