Jetty Paerl was a Dutch singer who represented the Netherlands in the very first Eurovision Song Contest, held in Lugano, Switzerland in 1956, with the song De vogels van Holland. During World War II, she moved to London to escape Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. There she participated in the broadcasts of "Radio Oranje", the Dutch government in exile, and was known as Jetje van Radio Oranje ("Jetty of Radio Orange"). She appears in episode 18 of the 1970s ITV documentary "The World at War". She died in Amstelveen on 22 August 2013, aged 92.