Geuzen Medal Fanfare

The Geuzenpenning (Geuzen Medal) is awarded annually to people or organizations who have fought for democracy and against dictatorship, racism and discrimination in a special way. The original "Geuzen" fought against Spanish occupation in Holland in the 16th century; in World War II a resistance group against the Germans also called itself "De Geuzen". The Psalm 43, which a group of condemned persons intoned in 1943 shortly before their execution, was used by Jan de Haan in his opening work De Geuzen Medal Fanfare, which he wrote for the 25th presentation of this special award.