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In Arnhem, fighting between British and Polish paratroops and Germans, often house to house, decimated the city. Today, you can walk through now affluent Oosterbeek, near where the British landed on their way to Arnhem’s bridge, and read plaques about tank battles that occurred in the quiet residential streets where you stand. Sixty years seems eerily not so long ago.
But Arnhem also offered a different surprise – a parade to welcome the arrival of Sinterklaas and his “helper” Zwarte Piet or, alternatively in English, the very Dutch legend of Saint Nicholas (ie, Santa Claus) and Black Pete. In 2011, Holland is known for many things other than World War two battle sites. There are canals, windmills, football,and a liberal attitude to social issues like prostitution and drugs. Then, alas, there is Black Pete.
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