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Jan van Dorp

Jan van Dorp was pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in London.

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Johan van Dorp, dominee Dutch Church London.

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Jan van Dorp (1888-1948) was pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in London.[1] He preached in the old church at Austin Friars, which had been used by the congregation since 1550.[2] On 31 May 1940, Van Dorp conducted the christening ceremony of Princess Irene at Buckingham Palace, shortly before she left for Canada with her mother, Queen Juliana.[3]

On 10 May 1944, a remembrance service for the German invasion of 1940 was held. After a speech by Prime Minister Gerbrandy, Van Dorp concluded the meeting with a prayer. The BBC broadcast the commemoration.[4] Anne's note of 11 May 1944 shows that the people in hiding listened to this broadcast.[5]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Nederlandse Kerk in Londen: Jan van Dorp.
  2. ^ L. de Jong, Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Deel 2: Neutraal, Den Haag: Nijhoff, 1969, p. 178.
  3. ^ L. de Jong, Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Deel 9: Londen: eerste helft, Den Haag: Nijhoff, 1979, p. 13; Digibron: Prinses Irene is in Londen gedoopt.
  4. ^ Amigoe di Curaçao, 11 mei 1944.
  5. ^ Anne refers to Van Dorp as clergyman. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 11 May 1944, 2e, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.