Around 500,000 Dutch people left the country after the war due to government-encouraged emigration efforts to reduce population density. The 1960s and 1970s were a time of significant social and cultural change, such as rapid depolarisation marked by the break-up of old political and religious divisions. The youth, especially students, abandoned traditional mores and pushed for change on issues like women’s rights, sexuality, disarmament, and the environment.
These fascinating photographs showed the Netherlands in 1966.
