21. "The Netherlands' Favourite Poem!" Nelleke reads Hendrik Marsman's ‘Memories of Holland’

 In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Nelleke about a Dutch poem called ‘Memories of Holland’ by Hendrik Marsman.

They discuss:

• Immigrants staying in touch with their cultural heritage, or not
• Will Dutch survive as a language?
• Are the British incurious about other cultures?
• Marsman's tragic tale
• The best Dutch poem of the 20th century
• The Dutch experience of WW2

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