Fedde Schurer: Difference between revisions

Something like this was unheard of in sleepy Dutch post-war society, and the event triggered angry protest meetings throughout Friesland.<ref>Fedde Schurer, ''De Besleine Spegel'', Amsterdam (Moussault's Uitgeverij N.V.), 1969, pp. 170–171</ref><ref>Peter R. Boomsma, ''Kneppelfreed'', Franeker (Uitgeverij Van Wijnen), 1998, pp. 54–60 and 65–68</ref> The story even made headlines in the foreign press,<ref>Fedde Schurer, ''De Besleine Spegel'', Amsterdam (Moussault's Uitgeverij N.V.), 1969, p. 177</ref> and questions were raised in the ''[[Tweede Kamer]]'', the Dutch lower house of parliament.<ref>Peter R. Boomsma, ''Kneppelfreed'', Franeker (Uitgeverij Van Wijnen), 1998, pp. 68–74</ref> Under pressure to resolve the situation, the national government in [[The Hague]] sent a committee consisting of three ministers to Friesland to confer with the Frisian leaders,<ref>Peter R. Boomsma, ''Kneppelfreed'', Franeker (Uitgeverij Van Wijnen), 1998, pp. 76–78</ref> which eventually led to changes in the national laws (in 1955 and 1956), making it possible for Frisians to speak their own language in the court of law and giving the Frisian language in the Province of Friesland the official status of ''tweede rijkstaal'' ("second national language").<ref>Fedde Schurer, ''De Besleine Spegel'', Amsterdam (Moussault's Uitgeverij N.V.), 1969, pp. 174–183</ref><ref>Peter R. Boomsma, ''Kneppelfreed'', Franeker (Uitgeverij Van Wijnen), 1998, pp. 99–107</ref> ''Kneppelfreed'' is considered one of the most important milestones in the emancipation of the West Frisian language.<ref>Peter R. Boomsma, ''Kneppelfreed'', Franeker (Uitgeverij Van Wijnen), 1998, p. 9</ref>

 

As for Schurer, he lost his case, and was sentenced to a conditional prison sentence of 14 days and a fine of [[Dutch Guilder|ƒ]]150.- ([[Euro|€]]558.65 in 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iisg.nl/hpw/calculate-nl.php|website=Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis|title=De waarde van de gulden / euro|access-date=17 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref>)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010679291:mpeg21:a0178|title=Deining in de Friese hoofdstad|website=[[Nieuwsblad van het Noorden]] via Delpher|date=17 November 1951|language=nl|access-date=12 June 2020}}</ref> Schurer appealed the sentence, but lost and was finally sentenced to 30 days conditional and a fine of ƒ150.-.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010679400:mpeg21:a0050|title=Fedde Schurer in hoger beroep veroordeelt|website=Nieuwsblad van het Noorden via Delpher|date=27 March 1952|language=nl|access-date=12 June 2020}}</ref><ref>Fedde Schurer, ''De Besleine Spegel'', Amsterdam (Moussault's Uitgeverij N.V.), 1969, pp. 163–168 and 171–173</ref><ref>Peter R. Boomsma, ''Kneppelfreed'', Franeker (Uitgeverij Van Wijnen), 1998, pp. 39–44 and 82–92</ref>