Around 1940
The
Maduro family came from Curacao, an island of the Netherlands
Antilles in the Caribbean. Their son, George Maduro, went to Leiden
to study law. He joined the Dutch resistance and fought the Nazi
occupation forces. But
unfortunately in 1945, he imprisoned in Dachau
concentration camp and died there of typhus.
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| George Maduro |
1946
(George
Maduro was posthumously awarded the medal of Knight 4th-class of the
Military Order of William, the highest and oldest military decoration
in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Mrs.
J.M.L. Maduro: Honey, today is a year after our son George passed
away. I'm still in a deep pain. Gone too soon.
Mr.
J.M.L. Maduro: He's a good and smart kid. He could make this country,
even world, a better place.
Mrs:
He's very brave. I'm so proud of him.
Mr:
With the medal and all the fund we got, don't you think we should
make something like memorial to remember him?
1952
Mrs.
B. Boon-van der Starp: Hello Mr and Mrs. Maduro, it's very nice to
see you. My name is Boon-van der Starp from Dutch Student Sanatorium
in Laren. The sanatorium gave students suffering from tuberculosis
the opportunity to recover, while at the same time continuing with
their studies.
Mr:
Nice to meet you madam.
Mrs
Boon: So I'm offering this brilliant idea. You want to build a
memorial for your son, right? I'm thinking about making a miniature
city at The Scheveningen, The Hague.
Mrs:
A miniature city? What it would be like?
Mrs.
Boon: It will be a historically correct reproduction of an average
city of the Netherlands and its surroundings shrunk to a scale of
1:25. It's studded with reconstructions of famous sites and
buildings that were part of Holland's magnificent history.
Mrs:
Wow you come up with a great idea! But won't it be boring to see
the small size of building?
Mrs.
Boon:
Don't you worry, it won't be a static miniature building.
You will see turning windmill, the activity at Alkmaar
cheese market, yacht sailing along the river, or the takeoff
at Schiphol international airport. Also, there will be miniature
of people based on their field around the building. So believe me it
will be an attractive one.
Mr:
Hmm sounds magnificent.
Mrs
Boon: And we consider giving all the profits to the charity. So you
can make a memorial for your son and would continually benefit others
at the sanatorium.
Mr:
Okay madam, we fully support your idea and agree to help fund the
building.
Mrs
Boon: I'm so glad to hear that, it's really an honor. What do you want to name it?
Mrs
& Mr: Madurodam!
(Madurodam
officially opened on 2 July 1952)
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| the first brochure of Madurodam |
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| Madurodam miniature railway, 1952 |
Now
Since then, Madurodam has
welcomed more than 50 million visitors from the Netherlands and
abroad. It receives approximately 600,000 visitors per year. And
now all the profits go to Madurodam Support
Fund Society (Stichting Madurodam Steunfonds) that
benefiting young people.
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| Madurodam, April 2012 |
The(Never)End(-ing)(Creativity)
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