Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ:
mgbe a tọhapụrụ Netherlands, ọ laghachiri na Rotterdam dị ka onye isi obodo, ọ bụ ezie na a rịọkwara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi obodo nke Amsterdam, a họpụtakwara ya ọzọ na 1946. N'otu afọ ahụ, VDB jikọtara ya na SDAP na ndị otu aka ekpe Christian CDU wee guzobe Labour Party. Oud bụ otu n'ime ndị guzobere pati a ma jee ozi na ngalaba pati ahụ n'etiti 1946 na 1947. Ka ọ dị ugbu a, o jere ozi n'ọtụtụ gọọmentị, azụmahịa, mba ụwa na kọmitii ndị obodo, ọ bụ onye isi oche kọmitii gọọmentị maka ego obodo n'etiti 1946 na 1954, ọ bụ onye otu ndị nlekọta nke onye na-azụ ego Staal, ọ bụ onye otu kansụl ụgwọ ezumike nká nke Dutch Reformed Church kemgbe 1946 ma ọ bụ onye isi oche nke International Union of Municipalities and Local Governments n'etiti 1948 na 1954.