In 1939, the Dutch magazine Wij published as a serial his historical novella Dolken en rozenkransen (Daggers and rosaries), about the murder of the Yugoslav king Alexander in October 1934 in Marseilles.

[1] With the publication of his novels "Oriënt-Express" in 1934 and "The Wedding of the Seven Gypsies" in 1939, den Doolaard generated an extraordinary interest in Macedonia.

In 2006, the Macedonian town of Ohrid erected a monument in honor of A. den Doolaard and renamed a square to commemorate him.

The monument was designed by the Macedonian architect, Vladimir Toić, based on an idea conceived by Peter John Bosse, president and founder of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce in Macedonia.

[3] The exhibition was organized by the Macedonian writer and photographer Mišo Juzmeski, who also has published articles on the meaning of den Doolaard for the development of the Dutch-Macedonian relations.