Throughout history, students and artists have been in the forefront of struggles against tyranny. In Nazi-occupied Holland, Protestants, Catholics, Jews, non-believers, and Communists joined these patriots. In this riveting narrative, author Barth Hoogstraten tells the stories of eleven ordinary citizens- a sculptor, a young female student, a middle-aged housewife, a banker, and a postal worker-who suddenly found themselves fighting for freedom.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 A Word From the Author
Chapter 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 1. The Man-Gerrit-Jan van der Veen
Chapter 4 2. Hitler Needs and Excuse to Invade Holland
Chapter 5 3. May 10, 1940-The Invasion
Chapter 6 4. SS-General and Chief of the Gestapo Hanns Albin Rauter
Chapter 7 5. The First Executions
Chapter 8 6. Assimilate and Germanize
Chapter 9 7. Gerrit-Jan Goes Underground
Chapter 10 8. The V-Männer-The Confidence Men
Chapter 11 9. Persoonsbewijs (PB)-Identity Card-Kennkarte
Chapter 12 10. Making False Identity Cards
Chapter 13 11. Did the Dutch Help Its Jews Enough?
Chapter 14 12. Rauter Attacks
Chapter 15 13. The Raid on the Citizen's Register
Chapter 16 14. The Resistance Council
Chapter 17 15. Oh God, Forgive Me
Chapter 18 16. The R.A.F. Destroys 'Kleykamp'
Chapter 19 17. Financing the Resistance
Chapter 20 18. The Raid on the Government Printing Office
Chapter 21 19. The Attack on the Weteringschans Prison
Chapter 22 20. Weteringschans-The Second Attack
Chapter 23 21. The Great Atrocities
Chapter 24 22. Famine and Justice