De Zwaan Windmill was riddled with bullet holes following attacks from German forces during World War II. (Matt Jaworowski/WOODTV8) “At that time, the Netherlands was just starting to protect ...

During World War II, resistance forces used windmill blades to spread information about Nazi raids. Windmills were so integral to life in the Netherlands that they are ubiquitous in Dutch ...

Toward the end of its stay there, its blades were shot during World War II. It was the last windmill to leave that country, arriving in Holland, Michigan in 1964. A year later, more than 1,500 ...

which is probably pretty good for a windmill.” DeZwaan spent 80 years in Vinkel, a small town in southern Netherlands, before suffering substantial damage during World War II. Unable to afford ...

The windmill was originally built in the Netherlands in 1884 and during World War II was used as a lookout and hiding place by the Dutch resistance. Bullet holes made by Nazi airplanes that ...

The windmill has also left its mark in other ... "He actually hid in this mill when it was in the Netherlands during World War II. He hid from German soldiers who were trying to capture him.

HOLLAND, MI -- Although famous for its springtime tulips, Holland’s de Zwaan windmill is becoming a four-season destination. The historic windmill nearly broke another visitor record this season ...

Jan Diederik “Diek” Medendorp, the Dutch millwright who dismantled the windmill deZwaan in Vinkel, North Brabant, the Netherlands, and then rebuilt it here in Holland, died Jan. 4, 2011.

In the 1960s, almost every Dutch windmill stood still. Now, one of the country’s oldest working ones is spinning again to help make artisanal bread. When most of us think of Dutch windmills ...