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Bittersweet Homecoming
Heesters is a controversial figure in the Netherlands because of his cozy relationship with the Nazi occupiers.
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Security was tight at the De Flint theater in Heester's hometown of Amersfoort, where he put on a concert for the first time since 1963 on Saturday, Feb. 16.
Police said several dozen protesters as well as a few neo-Nazis showed up outside the concert hall, but the performance went on undisturbed.
The last time Heesters tried to peform in the Netherlands, he was booed off the stage by the audience, who stood up and gave Nazi salutes.
Heesters was born in Amersfoort, a town 50 kilometers (35 miles) east of Amsterdam in 1903.
Yet he made his fortune in Germany. The artist is revered by generations of Germans for his operettas and film performances.
One of Hitler's "divinely gifted" artists
Heesters has been a popular German-language singer since the 1930s, becoming a favorite of the Nazis and one of the "divinely gifted" artists who took part