In March 1945 he was posted to 21 Army Group Headquarters in Brussels, where he was tasked with retrieving a sample of the fungus Eremothecium ashbyi from the Dutch National Mycological Collection at Baarn; it had proved useful in synthesising vitamin B, something in demand in post-war Europe.
After liberation, Schwarz and her two sons returned to the Netherlands, where she joined the Centraal Bureau voor Schimmelcultures at Baarn, studying various fungi and writing a monograph on the genus Epicoccum.
This was followed by 33 entreis being selected to participate in auditions in Baarn, where the final 10 act were selected.
Baarn |
1989: Ruud Lubbers, Manager in de politiek (with Erik van Venetië), publisher Anthos, Baarn, ISBN 9060746473.
Photographer Rik Rollinga (Kenneth Herdigein), on his way to take a formal portrait of the Dutch queen (the invitation turns out to be a practical joke), catches a glimpse of a beautiful young woman, Yolanda, on the Baarn train station.