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Honey, I Shrunk the Netherlands

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October 05, 2025

Madurodam in The Hague is preserving Dutch heritage and identity with its ornately designed, functional miniatures

- By VEIDEHI GITE

Honey, I Shrunk the Netherlands

Evil sometimes leaves beauty behind as monument to courage. One such place is Madurodam park in The Hague that preserves Dutch heritage and identity. It is named after the Dutch resistance fighter George Maduro, who was murdered by the Nazis in Dachau concentration camp during WW II—dying of typhoid when he was just 28 years old. Maduro's parents donated the initial capital necessary to build it. His Dutch

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