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" Tells the story of Nazi Germany's invasion of the Netherlands during World War II and the role of Canada in liberating the country. " —Library and Archives Canada

Louise S. was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands on February 12, 1929. She moved to Naarden, a suburb of Amsterdam at age 6. She describes her family and their pre-war life. She recalls her experiences at school. She recalls her father’s attempts to leave Holland. She recalls the German occupation. She describes increased anti-Jewish regulations. She describes incidents of hiding possessions from confiscation ...

Louise S. was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1929. She describes her family as assimilated. She recalls moving to Bussum and attending school in Amsterdam. She discusses her family’s plans to emigrate and the German invasion prior to their departure date. She recalls anti-Jewish laws expelling her from school and forced relocation in Amsterdam. She describes attending a Jewish school. She describes ...

Marion C. was born in Berlin, Germany in 1936. She describes her paternal family. She describes how her family store was destroyed during Kristallnacht. She recalls how her parents had to do forced labour in the city. She describes how her mother switched their identity cards with a friend. She describes their escape across the Dutch border. She recalls being separated from her mother and going into ...

Gunter Bardeleben was born on August 17, 1920 in Berlin, Germany. He describes his family and early childhood. He explains that his parents were not observant and that he was hardly aware of being Jewish before the Nazis came to power. He discusses how his parents sent him to a Quaker school in Holland at age fourteen. He recalls how his parents were able to immigrate to England because of his father’s ...

Gideon R. was born January 23, 1921 in Berlin, Germany. His describes his family as part of the Jewish community and he attended a private Jewish elementary school. He recalls his parents’ decision to escape Germany to London through Holland. Gideon discusses finishing his high-school education in England and enrolling in the London School of Economics. He describes his arrest as an enemy alien at ...

Gerry W. was born in Berlin, Germany in August 1923. He describes his upper-middle class Jewish family. He recalls that his father was a military officer. He explains that he was the last Jewish student allowed at his school before being transferred to a private Jewish school in 1936. He recalls antisemitic comments and restrictions. He explains how he and his father hid in the Berlin zoo. He discusses ...

"In the darkest days of World War II, Jewish fugitives attempt to escape occupied Holland—only to face a Nazi ambush. Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten) alone survives the attack and joins the Dutch Resistance to avenge her family. She soon confronts the ultimate test: she must infiltrate German headquarters by tempting Captain Ludwig Muntze (Sebastian Koch). In the heat of passion, he uncovers her duplicity, ...

" The World at War draws on an extraordinarily wide collection of newsreel, propaganda and home movie footage —including rare footage of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress Eva Braun—gathered from both the victor nations and the conquered. The World at War also includes interviews with journalists, housewives, soldiers and historians, Polish, Dutch, Italian and Hungarian Jewish camp survivors, survivors ...

Henry S. was born in Vienna in 1921. He discusses political problems in the city and an undercurrent of instability. He describes the German occupation of Austria. He discusses his family’s decision to leave Austria. He describes increased anti-Jewish regulations and antisemitism. He recalls his father’s business was expropriated. He discusses being allowed to continue the current school year. Through ...

Len D. was born in January 1916 in Koblenz, Germany. He describes his family. He describes his education and not being allowed to attend university due to restrictions against Jews. He describes increased anti-Jewish regulations. He describes his business apprenticeship. Len recalls boycotts and the seizure of Jewish businesses including his and his father’s. He describes his arrest on Kristallnacht. ...

Susan Q. was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1923 to a prominent Sephardic family. She describes a large extended family. She recalls the German invasion and occupation. She describes learning trades such as dressmaking and nursing, including working at Jewish hospital. She describes her parents’ deportation to Westerbork in 1942 and their release after a friend provided false papers. She recalls ...

Anna-Maria was born to a non-Jewish family in Gorinchem, Netherlands. She moved to Dordrecht in 1926 to complete her education and became the secretary for the owner of store. She describes her interactions and friendships with members of the Jewish community. She recalls her marriage on May 7, 1940 three days before the German invasion of the Netherlands. She discusses the political situation and ...

Leo K. was born in February 1913 in Rzeszów, Poland. He describes his family. When the war [First World War] broke out his family resettled in the Hague, Netherlands. He describes the Jewish community and his family’s observance of religious traditions. He describes travelling between Antwerp and Holland after his parents separated. He discusses the rise of the NSB and other fascist political parties ...

Amalia B. was born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands on August 23, 1939. She recounts her parents’ upbringing. Her mother’s family was religious and her father’s was not. Her father was the director of a milk factory laboratory and one of his lab assistants worked in the Dutch resistance. Amalia was taken to stay with this family. She didn’t go into hiding until 1942 when she was three years old. Amalia doesn’t ...

Jan V., a Christian rescuer, was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He describes his family and their religious background. He recalls attending public school with Jewish children and discusses his perception of the Dutch attitude towards Jews. He recalls increased anti-Jewish laws and discrimination after the German occupation. Jan describes how he became involved in the Dutch underground through the ...

Marion C. was born on November 28, 1936 in Berlin, Germany. She describes her family. She explains that her parents’ businesses were destroyed during Kristallnacht. She describes how her parents were assigned to do slave labour within the city while she stayed in a daycare centre. She describes her father’s attempt to have their family smuggled across the Swiss border and his arrest. Marion describes ...

Part One (18 August 2011): Robert K. was born in the The Hague, Holland on August 5, 1940. He describes his family and how they came to live in the Netherlands. He recalls how his parents came from religious families. He recalls his family keeping Jewish traditions, but they were not that religious. He describes increasing antisemitism and reasons why his family decided to stay in Holland. He recalls ...

Peter V. was born September 23, 1940 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He describes his family. He explains that his mother was Orthodox Jewish and that his father was agnostic born to a Catholic home. He explains how his father was arrested in 1942 and imprisoned in Berlin. He recalls how his mother would remove her yellow star. He recalls that they entered a playground together and were asked to leave by ...

Louise S. was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1929. She recalls her large extended family. She describes her family moving to Amsterdam in 1942 due to raids and increased anti-Jewish restrictions. She recalls hiding during raids and her parents hiding their valuables. Louise describes being placed in hiding with a non-Jewish relative in Hilversum. She recalls being transferred to a different location ...

Bella K. was born in 1909 in Amsterdam. She recalls her memories of the First World War. She explains the history of Jews in Amsterdam and describes the community. She describes her participation in a socialist youth organization. She describes antisemitism before the war and the rise of the National Socialist Movement [Nationaal Socialistische Beweging] in Holland. She married and had children. She ...

Estera K. was born in Lopshka [Łopuszka Mała, Poland] near the big city of Kańczuga. She describes her family and their religious life. She recalls going to a compulsory Catholic school. She describes the Jewish community and incidents of antisemitism. She recalls wishing her family would leave Poland but they were reluctant despite escalating tensions. Estera left with a cousin to go to Holland and ...

Erna S. was born in Przasnysz, Poland on February 15, 1923. She describes her family and their strong religious faith. She describes the Jewish community and changes after 1933. She discusses the destruction of her family’s business and fleeing to Białystok. She describes being sent to a Soviet labour camp and the conditions. Erna recalls her family moving to Arkhangel’sk after the German invasion ...