<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kohambo lwakhe lokuya phesheya, uRoelfzema wabuyela eNyuvesi yaseLeiden ukuze aqhubeke nezifundo zakhe. Lapho kugqashuka impi eYurophu ngo-September 1939, uRoelfzema nabafundi ayekanye nabo bacabanga ukuthi iHolland yayiyohlala ingathathi hlangothi njengoba yayinjalo phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yokuqala. Lapho iSoviet Union ihlasela  <response>: I-Finland ngoNovemba wahamba lapho ukuyobika ingxabano, esebenza njengombhali wempi we-, i- kanye ne-. Kamuva wabhala incwadi ngalo, enesihloko esithi The Smoldering Fire. 