I have family in Holland by marriage. I know the appalling hardships my late mother in !aw went through in the war and my late father in law was part of Operation Market garden and was a well known British veteran living in Holland. He spent his life gaining recognition for the ground troop veterans who he felt were not mentioned in history as much as the airborn troops and he also built tremendous friendships with the German veterans. He became. Ridder in de Orde van Oranje - Nassau for his work. I have been appalled at what went on in Holland in the last nearly three years.