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Pieter Jelles Troelstra

Pieter Jelles Troelstra
  • Name: Pieter Jelles Troelstra
  • Birthday: 1860-04-20
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Biography: Pieter Jelles Troelstra (Leeuwarden, April 20, 1860 – The Hague, May 12, 1930) was a Dutch poet, lawyer, journalist, and politician. He became known as the socialist leader who, in November 1918, following the upheaval in Germany, wanted to proclaim a socialist revolution in the Netherlands. In addition, Troelstra gained great fame in Friesland as a Frisian writer and poet.

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Title Release date
100 years of social democracy 1894-1994   as  Self (archive audio) 1994-08-25
Markant: W. Drees Sr.   as  Self (archive footage) 1973-09-09