Author Eric Alink Location Hilvarenbeek Theme Resistance His father was director of the Voba light bulb factory in Tilburg. Even so that could not prevent a lot of darkness in Theo Vogel’s life. He developed diphtheria while still in the cradle; when he was six he...
Author Peter Bak Location Polizeigefängnis Haaren Theme Resistance Professional soldier Petrus Johannes (‘Piet’) van Gils joined the resistance in 1942, when he began distributing the resistance newspaper Vrij Nederland (Free Netherlands). In early 1943, he joined the...
Authors Arnoud-Jan Bijsterveld, in collaboration with the Camp Vught National Monument, Frank van Doorn & Jasper van der Schoot Location Hertheuvelsehoef 6, Eersel Theme Resistance In the summer of 1944, unmarried brothers Janus (60), Jan (58) and Driek Hoeks (54)...
Author Hadewijch Zwart Location Boxtel (De Kampina) Theme Resistance The soldiers may have braced themselves or shut their eyes, but they didn’t make a sound as they jumped out of the plane. It’s the 17th September 1944 and under the leadership of Allied...
Author Doret Eeken Location De Zonnewende estate,, Sint-Michielsgestel Theme Resistance It was the summer of 1942 and the raids on Amsterdam were well under way. During one of the raids, a student from Utrecht noticed four Jewish toddlers who had been left out on the...
Author Birgit Barten Location Hoofdstraat 26, Heeswijk-Dinther Theme Resistance ‘I remember it all so well,’ explains Jeanne Hoevenaars-Voets. ‘I was only three years old, but I have so many images in my mind.’ Jeanne was born in 1941. Her parents lived on...
Author Hannie Visser Location Biesbosch Theme Resistance The Biesbosch – the tidal zone of land and water – was avoided by the German occupiers during the Second World War. For a long time, the people hiding in this wilderness felt safe and they sometimes worked for...
Author Elias van der Plicht Location The farm of the Koekkoek family in Dussen. Theme Resistance He was so happy and relieved. On Monday 30 October 1944, Sprang-Capelle, the place where 21-year old Jan Hendrik de Rooij was born and lived was liberated. Three days...
Author Eric Alink Location Tilburg Theme Resistance She came from a weaving family and was familiar with a needle and thread, but Coba Pulskens had never needed to crochet a bedspread for her marital bed. “The boys don’t think I’m pretty enough”, is how she explained...
Author Irene van Kemenade Location The forest ranger’s house on the Vloeiweide Estate (Rijsbergen) Theme Resistance Radio Orange, 5 September 1944. With the message that: ‘The hour of liberation has struck’, Prime Minister Gerbrandy set in motion the wheels of the...
