Writer Marcel Zantingh is the winner of the prestigious DHV prize of the Drenthe Historical Association. His book Human hunting was preferred from the jury above the book Norg through the centuriesN of the Historical Association Norg and The butterfly princess from the Ter Klink foundation.
In a live broadcast of the Drenthe program then jury chairman, and mayor Van Noordenveld, Klaas Smid announced the winner. In addition to the DHV price, Zantingh wins an amount of a thousand euros.
Location theater program The butterfly princess Got the most votes from the public. Ter Klink Foundation received a work of art.
Born Aaldenaar and historian Marcel Zantingh did years of years of research into the organization of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO) in Drenthe during the Second World War for his book. Where the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) was the police intelligence service, the Sipo hunts people in the resistance.
In 400 pages, Zantingh gives the most extensive overview of the actions of the German Sicherheitspolizei in Drenthe so far. At least 145 people were killed. De Sipo was an organization that was guilty of shooting people and abuses. Not much was needed for that, a suspicion of anti-German sentiment or participation in a resistance organization was sufficient. Strikingly enough, the agents consisted of Dutch people. Men from the west of the country, but also very notorious figures from the area.
Theaterpiece De Vlind Princess revolves around the archaeological find of the remains of a woman who was probably buried in Zweeloo in the sixth century. In the body, a lot of jewelry and a gilded cloak pin were found in the shape of a butterfly, just like the remains of six horses. This must have been an important woman is the suspicion.
Many historical things come together in the Drenthe -speaking performance. The archaeological find of the Princess of Zweeloo, the Second World War who has not been over for long, Gypsies who come to the region and the rise of the rock ‘n roll.