{"id":1874,"date":"2025-01-01T11:50:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T10:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/?page_id=1874"},"modified":"2026-06-16T18:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:07:05","slug":"major-bosshardt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/history-of-amsterdam\/major-bosshardt\/","title":{"rendered":"Majoor Bosshardt"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Majoor Bosshardt van het Nederlandse Leger des Heils<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Statue-Amsterdam-Leger-Des-Heils.jpg\" alt=\"major bosshardt statue Amsterdam \" width=\"1000\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Statue-Amsterdam-Leger-Des-Heils.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Statue-Amsterdam-Leger-Des-Heils-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Statue-Amsterdam-Leger-Des-Heils-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Statue-Amsterdam-Leger-Des-Heils-600x445.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Salvation Army<\/h3>\n<p>Salvation Army is an international Christian relief and social service organization that was founded in London, England in 1865. Its stated purpose is &#8220;to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and meet human needs in His name without discrimination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Majoor Bosshardt<\/h3>\n<p>Alida Margaretha Bosshardt (Utrecht, 8 June 1913 &#8211; Amsterdam, 25 June 2007) was a Dutch officer of the Salvation Army. To many, she was the face of this denomination in the Netherlands in the second half of the twentieth century. She\u00a0worked mostly in the Red Light District (locally known as &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/de-wallen-amsterdam\/\">De Wallen<\/a>&#8216;), could be described as &#8220;one of a kind&#8221; and became a national hero through her work in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>Alida werd bekend als Majoor Bosshardt, maar haar laatste rang was die van luitenant-kolonel, sinds 1968.<\/p>\n<h3>Major Bosshardt&#8217;s Life Course<\/h3>\n<p>From the age of 20 she worked for the Salvation Army as a social worker, first in Utrecht, later Rotterdam and finally Amsterdam.\u00a0When Amsterdam North was bombarded in July 1943 she fled to Hilversum &#8211; 30 miles away &#8211; together with Jewish children that she kept hidden from the German Nazi invaders.<\/p>\n<h3>Het Leger des Heils in Amsterdam<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Amsterdam-Leger-Des-Heils-De-Wallen.jpg\" alt=\"salvation army amsterdam netherlands\" width=\"800\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Amsterdam-Leger-Des-Heils-De-Wallen.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Amsterdam-Leger-Des-Heils-De-Wallen-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Amsterdam-Leger-Des-Heils-De-Wallen-768x750.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Amsterdam-Leger-Des-Heils-De-Wallen-600x586.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Major Bosshardt in Amsterdam&#8217;s Red Light District.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the end of 1951, she established the Salvation Army&#8217;s headquarters at the Oudezijds Voorburgwal 14, right in the middle of De Wallen area, in a house she rented.\u00a0Initially, only the ground floor was available. Bosshardt had to sleep there in the same room where homeless people were received. The living area on the first floor became available in 1955.<\/p>\n<h4>Prostitutie<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22389 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amsterdam-Trompettersteeg-Majoor-Bosshardt-Leger-Des-Heils.jpg\" alt=\"Majoor Bosshardt amsterdam\" width=\"1000\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amsterdam-Trompettersteeg-Majoor-Bosshardt-Leger-Des-Heils.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amsterdam-Trompettersteeg-Majoor-Bosshardt-Leger-Des-Heils-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amsterdam-Trompettersteeg-Majoor-Bosshardt-Leger-Des-Heils-768x665.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amsterdam-Trompettersteeg-Majoor-Bosshardt-Leger-Des-Heils-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amsterdam-Trompettersteeg-Majoor-Bosshardt-Leger-Des-Heils-600x520.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Major Bosshardt helping prostitutes in Amsterdam&#8217;s most narrow alley.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From 1948 onwards Bosshardt held Christmas meetings for prostitutes in Amsterdam&#8217;s Red Light District and always gave them a helping hand. She said the following about her relationship with prostitutes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>Zou ik moeten geloven dat ik kan vechten <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/information\/prostitution-in-holland\/\">Prostitutie<\/a>? Echt niet! Ik probeer deze vrouwen zo vaak een helpende hand te bieden dat ze die kunnen grijpen wanneer ze die willen grijpen. Wij accepteren deze meiden en vrouwen zoals ze zijn in hun situatie. In wezen had ik daar zelf kunnen zitten.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Henk de Vries<\/h4>\n<p>Major Bosshardt\u00a0played an important role in the life of Henk de Vries (1950) &#8211; owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/entertainment\/coffeeshop-the-bulldog-90\/\">Coffeeshop The Bulldog<\/a>. Bekend om zijn coffeeshops, caf\u00e9s, hotel en merchandise in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Henk-de-Vries-Bulldog-Amsterdam.jpg\" alt=\"Henk de Vries Bulldog\" width=\"1000\" height=\"822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Henk-de-Vries-Bulldog-Amsterdam.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Henk-de-Vries-Bulldog-Amsterdam-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Henk-de-Vries-Bulldog-Amsterdam-768x631.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Henk-de-Vries-Bulldog-Amsterdam-600x493.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Henk de Vries was born and raised in Amsterdam&#8217;s Red Light District in the 1950&#8217;s and 1960&#8217;s &#8211; in a time when things were much rougher than nowadays.<\/p>\n<p>Henk de Vries zei ooit tegen een radioverslaggever:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;<em>Mijn moeder werd door mijn vader alleen achtergelaten met drie kinderen. Mijn moeder voedde ons op en mijn jeugd speelde zich af op straat. Ik ben eigenlijk opgegroeid op straat. Majoor Bosshardt heeft een heel belangrijke rol in mijn leven gespeeld en heeft mij veel dingen geleerd. Ze leerde mij dat je moet kunnen vergeven en dat je als mens er moet zijn voor de medemens, voor de minderbedeelden, voor de kansarmen in de samenleving. En Majoor Bosshardt leerde mij op die manier van mensen te houden. I<\/em><em>ndien Majoor Bosshardt niet had bestaan, was ik harder en onpersoonlijker geweest. Dan zou ik ook minder begrip hebben gehad voor de minderbedeelden, waar ik mij al 40 jaar voor inzet om deze mensen te steunen<\/em>.&#8217; (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003041505\/https:\/\/www.bnr.nl\/podcast\/thebigfive\/10382862\/nederland-vakantieland-henk-de-vries-the-bulldog\" rel=\"noopener\">bron<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>De succesvolle cannabisondernemer steunt het Leger des Heils op vele verschillende manieren. Zo zijn al zijn 300 medewerkers die in Nederland werken door hem verplicht om \u00e9\u00e9n dag per jaar voor het Leger des Heils te werken.<\/p>\n<h3>Prinses Beatrix der Nederlanden<\/h3>\n<p>Major Bosshardt\u00a0took crown Princess Beatrix to Amsterdam&#8217;s\u00a0Red Light District, to show her the scene, the women and the work she did for prostitutes. Although Beatrix went incognito, dressed as a civilian woman with a scarf over her hair, a picture was published by De Telegraaf &#8211; a Dutch newspaper &#8211; of the event.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Amsterdam, rosse buurt, 29 april 1965. Majoor Bosshardt &amp; voormalig Nederlandse koningin Beatrix.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Majoor Bosshardt op de Nederlandse televisie<\/h3>\n<p>In 1959 verscheen ze voor het eerst op de Nederlandse televisie, in het programma Anders dan anderen van Bert Garthoff. Op de nationale televisie kon ze scherpe en ware dingen zeggen, maar ze was nooit beledigend, een deugd die niet veel mensen hebben.<\/p>\n<p>In het tv-programma \u2018Villa Felderhof\u2019 was ze te zien samen met medegast <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herman_Brood\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Wikipedia Herman Brood\">Herman Brood<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Dutch rockband leader and artist. Brood was addicted to alcohol and drugs. The television program was filmed in a luxurious mansion in France near St. Tropez. Not exactly a background that you expect from the Salvation Army.<\/p>\n<p>Zittend in een dure boot voor de kust werd de vraag opgeworpen of iemand naar de hemel kon gaan. \u201c<em>Well, I don\u2019t know whether this will happen to me&#8221;<\/em>, zei Majoor Bosshardt bescheiden en in alle ernst. Haar metgezel, de ondeugende, aan alcohol en speed verslaafde Herman Brood moest zo hard lachen dat hij bijna van de boot viel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Herman-Brood-Villa-Felderhof.jpg\" alt=\"majoor bosshardt herman brood villa felderhof\" width=\"1000\" height=\"782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Herman-Brood-Villa-Felderhof.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Herman-Brood-Villa-Felderhof-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Herman-Brood-Villa-Felderhof-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Major-Bosshardt-Herman-Brood-Villa-Felderhof-600x469.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Frankrijk, St. Tropez, 1996. Majoor Bosshardt &amp; rockartiest\/schilder Herman Brood.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Herman Brood zei tegen Majoor Bosshardt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;<em>Als jij niet naar de hemel gaat, zijn mijn kansen nul!<\/em>\u201d \u201c<em>If a saint like you can\u2019t come in, who can?&#8217;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Later voegde hij aan het gesprek toe:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;<em>I think children are the meaning of existence, God cannot match that.&#8217;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Waarop Majoor Bosshardt antwoordde:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;<em>I heard that, but I thought I&#8217;d better not respond<\/em>.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Aan het einde van de show nam rockzanger Herman Brood een warm bad nadat hij door de zon was verbrand. Majoor Bosshardt loopt dan de badkamer binnen en pakt een washandje. De ruwe, athe\u00efstische rockster liet zich wassen door het bekendste lid van het Nederlandse Leger des Heils. Een bijzonder moment op de Nederlandse televisie.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Herman-Brood-Major-Bosshardt-Villa-Felderhof.jpg\" alt=\"majoor bosshardt herman brood\" width=\"868\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Herman-Brood-Major-Bosshardt-Villa-Felderhof.jpg 868w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Herman-Brood-Major-Bosshardt-Villa-Felderhof-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Herman-Brood-Major-Bosshardt-Villa-Felderhof-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Herman-Brood-Major-Bosshardt-Villa-Felderhof-600x430.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Five years later in 2001, Herman Brood &#8211; who was on a diet of one bottle <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cointreau\" rel=\"noopener\">Cointreau<\/a> per day plus several shots of speed &#8211; jumped off the roof of Amsterdam&#8217;s Hilton Hotel and was found dead 12 floors\u00a0below on the pavement in front of the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Alida Margareta Bosshardt overleed in 2007, op 94-jarige leeftijd. Ze was ridder en officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau en werd onderscheiden met vele prijzen en onderscheidingen. Een daarvan was de Isra\u00eblische Yad Vashem-onderscheiding, voor moedig en voortreffelijk burgerschap voor haar daden tijdens de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/may-7th-1945-amsterdam\/\">Second World War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Standbeeld van Majoor Bosshardt in de Amsterdamse rosse buurt<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Amsterdam-Majoor-Bosshardt-Statue.jpg\" alt=\"majoor bosshardt statue\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Amsterdam-Majoor-Bosshardt-Statue.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Amsterdam-Majoor-Bosshardt-Statue-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Amsterdam-Majoor-Bosshardt-Statue-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Amsterdam-Majoor-Bosshardt-Statue-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Het standbeeld van Majoor Bosshardt staat voor het Leger des Heils.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Majoor Bosshardt werd vereeuwigd in een bronzen standbeeld op de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/amsterdam-red-light-district-map\/\">Oudezijds Voorburgwal<\/a> in the Red Light District &#8211; in front of the Salvation Army, where most of her life took place. It presents this wonderful woman sitting on a bench, in her simple Salvation Army uniform.<\/p>\n<h3>Major Bosshardt Bridge<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Majoor-Bosshardt-Brug-Amsterdam.jpg\" alt=\"majoor bosshardtbrug amsterdam\" width=\"1000\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Majoor-Bosshardt-Brug-Amsterdam.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Majoor-Bosshardt-Brug-Amsterdam-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Majoor-Bosshardt-Brug-Amsterdam-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Majoor-Bosshardt-Brug-Amsterdam-600x393.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>De Majoor Bosshardtbrug in de rosse buurt.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Er is een brug in de Amsterdamse Red Light District naar haar vernoemd. De Majoor Bosshardtbrug (brug nr. 211) is een brug over de Oudezijds Achterburgwal. De brug verbindt de Molensteeg met de Oudekennissteeg.<\/p>\n<p>De brug werd op 7 juni 2013 vernoemd naar Alida Bosshardt, de officier van het Leger des Heils die zich inzette voor de prostituees en de junks die destijds sterk aanwezig waren in dit deel van de rosse buurt. Een jaar eerder waren er pogingen gedaan om de Oudezijds Armsteeg en\/of de Armbrug naar haar te vernoemen; die pogingen mislukten. De brug in Amsterdam is niet de eerste brug die naar de majoor is vernoemd. Een jaar eerder, op 11 juli 2012, werd een (tot dan toe naamloze) brug in het Broersepark in Amstelveen naar haar vernoemd.<\/p>\n<h3>Bridges in Amsterdam<\/h3>\n<p>Amsterdam heeft 5656 bruggen. Amsterdam is verreweg de stad met de meeste bruggen ter wereld. Van deze bruggen en sluizen hebben er 888 een naam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEKIJK OOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/interview-salvation-army-in-amsterdam\/\">Een interview met het Leger des Heils in Amsterdam<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/history-of-amsterdam\/red-light-district-history\/\">Geschiedenis van de Amsterdam Red Light District<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/tour\/red-light-district-audio-tour\/\">Amsterdam Audio Tours<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major Bosshardt of the Dutch Salvation Army Salvation Army Salvation Army is an international Christian relief and social service organization that was founded in London, England in 1865. 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