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The End of Life of the Old Captain

Westerling went to earn a living with utilizing his passion in music, asking for financial aid and trading, yet nothing was fruitful.

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29 Okt 2023

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Westerling on Dutch TV broadcast "Altijd Wat" on February 22, 2012.

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"FANTASTIC," exclaimed some high school students when they heard that Captain Westerling had arrived in the city of The Hague. Such euphoria and warm welcome was only natural for a patriotic soldier in those days. It was all still fresh in the memory of Peter Schumacher, one of the students in the city in the early 1960s whom Historia met at his home in Amsterdam. Schumacher is a former journalist and later became friends with Westerling.

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