Well, it was 64 years ago so perhaps the present school administration did not know about this and they do not have any files on it? Most people who were teachers or in the board in those days will have died. I can imagine that files would be destroyed or never even existed in writing. So it would be wise for them first to get the facts straight before they comment. I am sure that the school will be forced to comment about it at one point. Apart from journalists, historians and the public, I am sure that parents of children who are at the school now will demand an explanation or apology.
It has been in all the newspaper and I am sure it will be researched further. I don't think any document or anecdote about Wilhelmina, Juliana or even Bernhard is known that is antisemetic.
The larger issue is that after the war Jews who returned were often not welcomed with open arms. Many of those who returned saw their houses being lived in by other people, their belongings were missing, confisquated art went to Dutch museums who only these last years started returning items etc. There was little place for their story for at least a decade. The main task at hand was to restore the country and prosperity. The war became a tale of the good (Dutch) against the bad (Germans). Attention was mainly given to stories of the resistance and of collective suffering like the hunger winter (1944-1945). Historians had the task to use the war as a unifying story of the Netherlands which would create coherance: all of us suffered equally.
Only since the 70-ties more attention was given to the atrocities directed at the Jews in particular. This also happened internationally. If you look at Hollywood for example you would see great movies in the 50-ties and 60-ties of heroic battles, campagns and generals of the Allies against the Germans. The series 'Holocaust' with Meryl Streep was one of the first productions that focussed on the issue; and that was in 1978.
In hindsight the court should have stood up to the school and to the 'certain inhabitants of Baarn' who arranged it. But obviously in 1951 things were not as clear. That they didn't is something that certainly should be researched further. Antisemitism can be a reason for the move by the school/'certain inhabitants' but there are other possibilities too. Likewise the court wishing to 'stay out' of such a quarrel may have multiple motivations too.
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More details from Trouw:
- Only a few people knew about it. The school, a few courtiers and the top of the Jewish community. The Dutch-Israelite Curch community decided to drop the issue when it was clear that the court did not take the initiative.
- The historian had access to the archives of the royal house.
- There were individual contacts between Queen Juliana and Jewish Dutchmen after the war. Head rabbi Isaac Herzog was invited to the religious conferences at Castle het Loo for example. She was also very pro-Israel. In 1986 she visited the country, which has been her wish for a long time.
- When it became clear that the princesses were going to the Baarsche school, many parents were trying to make their sure that children were int he same class. The school board made a list of children who social status was considered more suitable to be in the class of the princesses. The court didn't want to get involved in such a wasp nest and stayed out of it. This disappointed the Jewish association.
- The present school board did not know about the issue. They say they can not check it either in their archives as most files from those days have been destroyed.
http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/6700/Wete...n-in-1951-weggehouden-bij-de-prinsesjes.dhtml