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A documentary. This film tells the story of 700 Dutch Jews who, seemingly on a whim of fate, managed to escape deportation to concentration camps during World War II. While their friends and neighbors were dragged from their homes, these survivors found shelter at a chateau in Barneveld where they tried to preserve the life they had known.

Director : Paul Cohen, Oeke Hoogendijk

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 88

Language : Dutch, English

Ondergedoken - Diel 1 - de cocon

A documentary television series. The 1st episode. The story of the Resistance of Friesland that took care of hiding people ,especially Jews. This resistance was established by Piet Meerburg and together with his sister, Mia Coelingh, who had been the assistant referend of the community of Sneek, and several colleagues. Mong them : Reverend Willem Mesdag and the assistant priest Gerard Janssen. They organized a hideout for Jewish children, especially those smuggled from the Jewish children's daycare center in Amsterdam as known as "De Creche". The film focuses specifically on the personal story of Leah Trop,...

Director : Gerard Van Der Veer

Production Year : 2020

Duration : 30

Language : West Frisian

Rendezvous at Erasmus קפה בארסמוס

An amazing story was discovered in the archives of a Jewish community in Holland: two German soldiers were responsible for the survival of a great part of the community during WWII. Gerhardt sadly fell in battle in 1944, but Werner Klemke returned to East Berlin, in the former GDR and made a career as a world famous illustrator – with a little help of his Dutch resistance friends

Director : Annet Betsalel

Production Year : 2015

Duration : 98

Language : Dutch, English, German

Kind in de Oorlog

סרט תיעודי קצר.

Director : Matthijs Cats

Production Year : 2013

Duration : 30

Language : Dutch