All the germans are killed by resistance group member hans akkermanns. Black book may be vulgar, but thats why it works the boston globe. Mar 01, 2019 freddie oversteegen was only 14 when she joined the dutch resistance during world war ii, and only a couple of years older when she became one of its armed assassins. White list persons referred to trusted dutch resistance operatives and other dutch civilians.
There were many in nazi germany, including joseph goebbels, who had hoped that many dutch people would absorb national socialism into their. Audrey hepburn was in the dutch resistance against the nazis. She became known as the girl with the red hair in dutch het meisje met het rode haar, also the title of a book and film about her. Dutch resistance simple english wikipedia, the free. In the darkest days of world war ii, a dutch resistance cell enlists a sexy spy carice van houten to go undercover inside a nazi stronghold where she. Occupied by nazi germany from may 1940, to may 1945, the netherlands was occupied by nazi germany.
A peak of over 300,000 people were hidden from german authorities in the autumn of 1944, tended to by some 60,000 to 200,000 illegal landlords. These dutch girls seduced nazis and lured them to their deaths. The liberation of the netherlands was significant for a number of reasons, most important of them the defeat of the british at arnhem in september 1944. Apr 04, 2019 4 heroes who risked their lives to take on the nazis. After being invaded by the germans on may 10th 1940 and the surrender on may 15th 1940 the netherlands faced 4 grim years of occupation. The heroine is a dutch jew named rachel carice van houten, a. This is the umbrella project for the wide range of resistance movements, underground organis. A lovetriangle drama set in 17th century amsterdam. Satirical novel denouncing the injustices of the dutch colonial system in the east indies. These dutch girls seduced nazis and lured them to their. This episode involves the portrayal of the wife of a nsber dutch equivalent of a nazi post ww2. Zwartboek is a dutch language 2006 thriller novel by laurens abbink spaink. Are there any films or books about the dutch resistance. Rachel is the daughter of an affluent rotterdam jewish family who are ambushed while trying to escape into allied territory.
Others collaborators were served with prison terms. Hollywood legend audrey hepburn was a wwii resistance spy. I just looked it up, and the author is harry mulisch. B iographers and many dutch people who lived through world war ii have doubted the participation of a young audrey hepburn in work for the resistance against. The remains of 347 resistance fighters executed by the germans are buried here. They fought the nazis in many different ways, mostly without using violence. Also, it is important to note that the dutch underground helped 25,000 jews go into hiding, of which 16,000 went undetected.
The very nature of any resistance movement is secretive and hidden, such that there are likely many, many individuals who resisted who would never be known about and included in such a public list. Dec 02, 2007 hd historic stock footage wwii battle for paris french resistance ffi liberation duration. By downloading libby to your smartphone, you can access thousands of ebooks and audiobooks from your library for free anytime and anywhere. Matzen wrote that hepburn felt too strong a connection with anne frank to ever accept the role. It was released in 2006 and is wellrespected among critics and audiences. Hd historic stock footage wwii battle for paris french resistance ffi liberation duration. The maddeningly private actress, who died in 1993, had dropped hints about her work with the dutch resistance during world war ii, and now a new book puts the whole story together, providing an in. Audrey hepburn and world war ii is set to release in april. The officer can feel the allies closing in, and is eager to forge a separate. Audrey hepburn and world war ii, written by biographer and historian robert matzen, will provide proof that audrey hepburn was involved in antinazi resistance as a young teenager in holland hepburn achieved fame for her roles in films like breakfast at tiffanys and roman holiday, but until now, the story of her role in the dutch resistance has gone. Sadly it doesnt match up to the credentials of those former films in my humble opinion.
During world war ii, dutch students join the resistance movement against the german occupation of the netherlands. It offers retroperspectives of dutch history and is lauded for its reconstructions. Sep, 2018 the resistance banker is a dutch film in dutch and german with english subtitles about the logistics of resisting evil, the simple dollars and cents, or guilders and cents, of running an underground economy paying men to fight, women to print and smuggle resistance newspapers the cash, borrowed on credit, conjured up by those. It was the dutch resistance who informed the allies of the fact that the ss ix and x divisions were in the region of arnhem in september 1944 information that was essentially ignored with disastrous consequences. Photo book on dutch ww2 equipment dressing the lines. In addition to the home page, there are biographies on the victims in the person registry. With her hair dyed blonde, rachel can easily pass for a gentile, and when the leader of the dutch resistance. Black book dvd 2006 zwartboek world war ii ww2 dutch. The black book is a dutch movie about the resistance during wwii. The dutch government and the royal family saved themselves by going to london. This teenager killed nazis with her sister during wwii. This independently produced documentary tells their stories of fear and courage, danger and. The resistance banker is a dutch film in dutch and german with english subtitles about the logistics of resisting evil, the simple dollars and cents, or guilders and cents, of running an underground economy paying men to fight, women to print and smuggle resistance newspapers the cash, borrowed on credit, conjured up by those. Black book ww2 movie i thought there was a ww2 movie thread on here somewhere but i couldent find it to mention about this film i saw last night, im sure a few others on here saw it aswell.
Dec 14, 2019 the frecklefaced teenager, who was just three months shy of her 17th birthday when germany invaded the netherlands in may 1940, was a newly minted member of the dutch resistance. Over 300,000 people were hidden from german authorities in the autumn of 1944 by 60,000 to 200,000 illegal landlords and caretakers. Black book tells the moving story of a young jewish woman who joins the resistance in the hague and gets entangled in a deadly web of doubledealing and betrayal. Despite being neutral, the netherlands in world war ii was invaded by nazi germany on 10 may 1940, as part of fall gelb. The text, written in both dutch and english, starts with a brief summary of the shortlasting fighting in 1940, and a brief overview of the dutch army organisation. The dutch resistance to the nazi occupation of the netherlands during world war ii can be mainly characterized as nonviolent. Black book dvd 2006 zwartboek world war ii ww2 dutch partisan. After the war, the list became known as the black book the information was prepared by the reich main security office. Rather like its director paul verhoeven it is glossy, loud, garish, flamboyant, sexy, slick and comes over somewhat superficial although im sure. On 15 may 1940, one day after the bombing of rotterdam, the dutch forces surrendered.
Much of the information on hepburns youth and role in the dutch resistance has been brought to light by robert matzen. A large proportion of the jewish population was deported and murdered. Of the actually executed after the war, one was a woman, ans van dijk. Sadly it doesnt match up to the credentials of those. This a4sized picture book describes the weapons, vehicles, and the organisational structure of the dutch army during ww2. Books and movies on and about the french resistance during. Hannie schaft was born in haarlem, where after the war a monument was raised. New book reveals audrey hepburns secret life as a nazi.
Now approaching his 95 th year, john consented to share his memories of those dark. It was directed with his usual flair for sex and violence by paul verhoeven. With carice van houten, sebastian koch, thom hoffman, halina reijn. It is indisputably the greatest war movie to come out of holland.
A search on amazon for dutch resistance turned up these two books. Filmmaker paul verhoeven returned to the netherlands after more. The dutch resistance to the nazi occupation of the netherlands during world war ii can be mainly characterized as nonviolent, and was organized by the communist party, churches, and independent groups. Franken responds by planning to kill forty hostages, including most of the plotters, but muntze, who realities the war is lost and has been negotiating with the resistance, cancels the order. Dutch, german, english, hebrew english subtitles in this hyperdrive pulp fiction set in 194445 holland, rachel stein, a pretty jewish singer turned resistance member after her hiding place with a christian family is accidentally bombed, goes undercover as a dutch party girl. The new paul verhoeven film, black book, is set almost entirely in holland during the later stages of the second world war. Zwartboek is a 2006 war drama thriller film cowritten and directed by paul. The primary organizers were the communist party, churches, and independent groups. If you are proficient in dutch you could search the archive of tv show andere tijden for episodes on ww2. May 03, 2019 b iographers and many dutch people who lived through world war ii have doubted the participation of a young audrey hepburn in work for the resistance against the nazis, saying, she was just a. Nov 28, 2010 the black book is a dutch movie about the resistance during wwii. Black book or zwartboek to give it its original dutch title is about the resistance movement in holland. The dutch resistance during operation market garden. Zwartboek is a dutchlanguage 2006 thriller novel by laurens abbink spaink.
I call upon the allknowing geek hivemind and lay before it this conundrum, this question, this meager task. Apr 12, 2019 much of the information on hepburns youth and role in the dutch resistance has been brought to light by robert matzen. A sexy blonde bombshell fights for the dutch resistance. Black list persons referred to known collaborators and german agents. Nonfiction books about the netherlands, and the dutch.
In our earliest glimpse of rachel carice van houten, the jewish heroine of black book, she is being called for breakfast. Oct 30, 2018 audrey hepburn was involved in the dutch resistance during world war ii. The bulk of the book is made up of blackandwhite photos. The book has a photo section, and an afterword by paul verhoeven and gerard soeteman. This documentary features the testimony of prisoners and saboteurs, the rescuers and the rescued, to tell the story of a people who refused to. Princess juliana and her children moved on to canada for additional safety. Image bud frakerwikimedia a new book by robert matzen titled dutch girl.
Princess juliana and her children moved on to canada for. Did any of the dutch collaborators during wwii get. Feb 26, 2018 this post on world war ii books is sponsored by libby. This teenager killed nazis with her sister during wwii history. Dutch citizens resist nazi occupation, 19401945 global.
The frecklefaced teenager, who was just three months shy of her 17th birthday when germany invaded the netherlands in may 1940, was a newly minted member of the dutch resistance. We are about the response of the civil dutch population to the occupation by the dictatorial, racist naziregime. Films about world war two in the netherlands reddit. The dutch resistance movement came about because of two simple facts outrage that their country had been invaded and sheer horror at what happened to the dutch jews. Among the harrowing and tragic incidents shared in the new book include details about her participation in the dutch resistance, working as a doctors assistant during the battle of arnhem, the execution of her uncle, and the dutch famine of 1944 and 1945. Jun 11, 2016 this a4sized picture book describes the weapons, vehicles, and the organisational structure of the dutch army during ww2. See more ideas about books, world war ii and world war. At age 23 and living at home with his parents, john kapteyn and his brother boudie helped establish a local branch of the resistance in sassenheim, a dutch town of 6,500 inhabitants. The bulk of the book is made up of black andwhite photos. Zwartboek is a 2006 war drama thriller film cowritten and directed by paul verhoeven and starring carice van houten, sebastian koch, thom hoffman, and halina reijn. This movie is a story about french railroad workers who were part of organized resistance during the german ww2 occupation. Special search list great britain was a secret list of prominent british residents to be arrested, produced in 1940 by the ss as part of the preparation for the proposed invasion of britain codenamed unternehmen seelowe operation sea lion. Later a dutch collaborator van gein was assassinated by the dutch resistance. The book claims to have proof of hepburns direct involvement working under dutch resistance leaders.
It tells the story of a young jewish woman, rachel stein, and her struggle for survival during and after the second world war. Bibliography of books about the danish resistance during. Jannetje johanna jo schaft 16 september 1920 17 april 1945 was a dutch communist resistance fighter during world war ii. The film, credited as based on several true events and characters, is about a young jewish woman in the netherlands who becomes a spy for the resistance during world war ii after tragedy befalls her in an.
Her secret name in the resistance movement was hannie. The film, credited as based on several true events and characters, is about a young jewish woman in the netherlands who becomes a spy for the resistance during. Compared to casablanca by the washington post, this a pageturning story of a group of resistance workers who secreted downed allied fighter pilots through france and into safety in spain during world war ii. Black book film 2006 depicts double and triple crosses amongst the dutch resistance bonhoeffer 2004 premier at the acacia theatre is a play about dietrich bonhoeffer, a pastor in the confessing church executed for his participation in the german resistance. So although the nazis succeeded in deporting over a hundred thousand jews, the dutch resistance attempted to hide 25,000 from the nazis. A diplomat who used the power of paperwork, a 16yearold girl who shot nazis from her bicycle and a teacher who hid jewish children in. The civilian struggle against nazism in holland and germany, by herman friedhoff gastons war. New book reveals audrey hepburns antinazi wwii efforts. May 18, 2015 the dutch resistance made its mark with the collection of intelligence that could be useful to the allies. Paul verhoevens wwii drama stars the lovely dutch actress carice van houten as a jewish resistance worker, and costars her breasts. Youll find titles in all genres, ranging from bestsellers, classics.
It is the novelization of the dutch film black book 2006. Dutch citizens had refused to fill out those forms and not distinguished themselves by a category of race, it would have been more difficult for the germans to isolate certain groups of jews based on identification by these forms. Zwartboek is the most succesful film in dutch film history, a mustsee i would argue. Audrey hepburn volunteered in the dutch resistance during wwii.
Yugoslav partisans, the belgian resistance, the norwegian resistance, the greek resistance, dutch resistance. It was called black book and it was about the dutch resistance, or a small unit of it during 194445. Holland had swiftly fallen as a result of the onslaught of blitzkrieg in 1940. The resistance helped to hide 300,000 people in the autumn of 1944. Explore the dramatic lives of four dutch citizens who resisted the overwhelming power of the nazis. The dutch resistance museum junior, verzetsmuseum junior, is situated in the dutch resistance museum in amsterdam.
The dutch resistance during ww2 dvd making choices. Nonfiction books about the netherlands, and the dutch, during world war ii the goal of this list is to gather books in english about world war ii, the holocaust, the german occupation, the dutch east indies, etc. Did any of the dutch collaborators during wwii get punished. Thats the subject of other museums in the netherlands. Freddie oversteegen was only 14 when she joined the dutch resistance during world war ii, and only a couple of years older when she became one. And like many other joyful things in life of late like the cowardly lion from the wizard of oz, teenytiny infant hands, the color orange its story of two resistance spies who fall in love while battling the nazis has taken on a slightly different tone. How audrey hepburn helped the dutch resistance during wwii time. The dutch resistance was a movement of dutch people who fought against the german occupation of the netherlands during world war ii. Located in the dunes west of the city of haarlem near overveen, eerebegraafplaats bloemendaal is a cemetery and memorial to dutch resistance fighters. And so black book, a world war ii resistance movie turned upside.