🎭 A theatre is coming to The Royal Docks! Planning permission has been granted for a 1,150-seater facility which will be home to Soldier of Orange, creating 150 jobs. Great news for this corner of London and Royal Docks as a destination. More here: royaldocks.london/articles/plann…

An original copy of the Leiden Manifesto is still hanging on the wall of Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema's former student room at 56 Rapenburg Leiden #SoldierOfOrange #SoldaatVanOranjeDeMusical

📝 𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨? #SoldierOfOrange A petition is circulated agreeing to resist the enforced segregation of minority groups within your place of work. Would you:

Seen this? Permission granted: A new, temporary 1150-seat theatre will be built to house the UK premiere of Dutch #WWII musical theatre experience Soldier of Orange dlvr.it/RQwcLn #OffWestEnd #theatrenews

In April 1941, following Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema and his friends distribution of the Leiden Manifesto, Erik was arrested and jailed for a week in the so called ‘Oranjehotel’ in Scheveningen. #SoldierOfOrange #Quote #WWII

Leiden Manifesto | V of ‘Voorwaarden’, the Dutch word for #Conditions / #Terms which were set by the students of Leiden University in the Leiden Manifesto from 1941. #SoldierOfOrange

Queen Wilhelmina arrived in Britain on 13 May 1940 and took charge of the Dutch government in exile. With help from the #BBC she began broadcast messages to the Dutch people over #RadioOranje, many of whom listened in secret via illegally hidden radios.

Queen Wilhelmina, leader of the Dutch government in exile, contemplates the fate of her homeland. #SoldierOfOrange

In early 1942, dissatisfied with the reception of 'her' Engelandvaarders, Queen Wilhelmina used her personal funds to found a London-based club for the intrepid Dutch Engelandvaarders arriving in Britain. Premises were found at 23 Hyde Park and was referred to as the Oranjehaven.

During the war the BBC's started the 'V for Victory' campaign used an audible V through its Morse code rhythm ( ···_ ). This paralleled the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which the BBC used as its call-sign in broadcasts to occupied Europe for the rest of the war.

Today we commemorate the life of Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema | 3 April 1917 - 26 September 2007 #SoldierOfOrange