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He is one of the most interesting figures in Dutch political history: Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860-1930). Frisian folk hero, poet, enthusiastic parliamentarian, but above all founder of social democracy in the Netherlands. In 1918, ...See moreHe is one of the most interesting figures in Dutch political history: Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860-1930). Frisian folk hero, poet, enthusiastic parliamentarian, but above all founder of social democracy in the Netherlands. In 1918, however, he made a crucial error of judgment: gripped by the revolutionary élan then prevailing in Europe, he proclaimed the revolution in the Netherlands as well.See less