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Major Bosshardt's workplace (1913–2007)

Major Bosshardt's workplace (1913–2007)

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Major Bosshardt's workplace (1913–2007)

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April 7, 2023

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Bosshardt became a member of the Salvation Army after attending one of their meetings when she was 18. Before that she was not religious. Her father was a converted Roman Catholic, her mother was Dutch Reformed. From 1934 she worked in a children's home in Amsterdam. During the German occupation in World War II, Bosshardt looked after the mostly Jewish children.

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December 21, 2021

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This building was for a long time the workplace of Major Bosshardt, the Netherlands' most beloved salvation soldier. As an 18-year-old girl, Alida Bosshardt joined the Salvation Army. During World …

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December 30, 2021

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Majoor Bosshardt (born June 8, 1913 in Utrecht, † June 25, 2007 in Amsterdam; actually Alida Margaretha Bosshardt) was a Dutch Salvation Army officer who was elected one of the greatest Dutch women of all time in a vote in the Netherlands in 2004.

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