Dutch Heroes, Collaborators and Traitors during WWII: A deep analysis using great colorized footage

[@Rick88888888]

*ATTENTION! Please do not ruin the comments section under this video like what happened with part-1 and which eventually forced me to close it. By all means share your facts, thoughts and opinions on this topic, but do this with respect, decency and good understanding of the circumstances during WW-II in the Netherlands. Hateful, respectless, rude and rubbish comments will simply be removed. This channel is intended to provide a better understanding of history and not to become a public sewer filled with waste and debris from today's sad world. Please understand* ! The transcript of this documentary can be read here: www.ricksfilmrestoration.com/NLduringWWII-2.htm *My most important films can now also be watched (in higher quality!) on* archive.org *via my website* : www.ricksfilmrestoration.com/indexEN1.htm Part-1 can be viewed here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYuriqhpncyrqsk PS: There are now CC captions in English under this video, including a translation of the Dutch/German speeches.

[@Rick88888888]

Already 1 comment has been removed even before the première has started! Not a good sign.

[@jerryswallow]

@@Rick88888888 sorry to hear, possible all those comments from those younger & do not know a thing about WW2, Good Vids my friend, keep it up

[@Rick88888888]

@@deadline8416 Thanks! So far the comments section under this video is fine.

[@Wayoutthere]

Zover zo goed, maar weet wel dat domheid verstoppen/deleten weinig zin heeft, het moet juist aan de oppervlakte komen. Strafbare uitingen zijn uiteraard een ander verhaal.

[@Rick88888888]

@Wayoutthere Ja en Nee. Als je de comments onder Deel-1 zou hebben gelezen zou je begrijpen waarom comments daar blokkeren de enige resterende optie was. Immers was het een chaos en een riool geworden. Er zijn grenzen en stupiditeit etaleren dient niemand (behalve de conclusie trekken dat onze wereld naar de verdommenis gaat)!

[@hankgs]

My Uncle was in the Dutch Underground in Velsen. A Dutch Dentist (NSBer) turned him in to the German's who interrogated him in an Amsterdam prison. He was held for three days. On the 3rd night he escaped and made it to Ijmuiden (hometown) and he and another Underground member took a small boat from the Hoogovens across the English Channel. They were picked up by a British patrol boat. They were interrogated and he was given a new ID and was sent BACK to Holland to organize resistance operations. He was then picked up by a British patrol boat off the coast, went back to England and was debriefed. He was then trained as a Spitfire Pilot for the RAF 322nd Dutch Squadron. He flew many sorties until April 30th, 1945 when he was shot down over Southern Holland and killed- Three weeks before the end of the War....

[@annhenry6893]

Holy cow! What a man to be proud of! Trying to imagine the courage he had and what all he must have went through.

[@cyirvine6300]

What a family legacy!

[@IbrahimSean]

Was he called nicolaas, my grandmothers brother dit the same as your uncle, het was from Gouda and also fought in the royal air force and fought at the grebbeberg and got wounded there and escaped

[@nanabutner]

I am sorry, but your uncle was definitely a hero! My dad was born on Madeira Island, Portugal, immigrated ti the USA and became a legal naturalized citizen, but because he was “foreign born” he could not fly bombers or fighters-- that was why he flew gliders. He was one of the glider pilots that flew into Holland during WWII. He always felt bad that the Americans were not able to reach the bridges they were sent to capture.

[@chantalsscaleisafibber]

What an incredibly brave man and to lose his life after so much so close to the end of the war is just awful Your entire family must be so incredibly proud of him.

[@astridmaclean]

Thank you for this brilliant documentary, one of the best I have seen!! I was born in the Netherlands, the daughter of one of the lucky 5000 Jewish survivors who spent the last years of the war as an "onderduiker", thanks to some amazing Dutch people who shared their meagre rations with him. I will be forever grateful to them and the many others like them. It was really good though to see and hear what motivated Dutch and German citizens to act as they did. Once again, thanks so much for this objective evaluation!!

[@smgdfcmfah]

Thank you for this. My parents both lived through the war in the Netherlands as did my mother's second husband (she remarried 10 years after my father passed and I was in my thirties, so I never really thought of him as my "step father"). He was born in 1930 (still alive) and likes to tell stories of being a boy during the war. He openly brags that he was good with a horse, so the Germans would pay him to drag telephone poles out into the water (the horses would swim and he, a small young boy would ride while they dragged the poles). The Germans in small boats would then take over the poles and he would take the horses back to shore. He still has no idea that he was helping them build the Atlantic wall defenses by bringing the engineers material for beach obstacles. To him it was a way to gain extra money or food for the family. In the next breath he will tell you about the neighbour they liked to harass and throw rotten food at his house... because HE was a collaborator! I dare anyone to judge him using today's "moral compass".

[@chrismccartney8668]

I visited Netherlands in the late sixties and early seventies as a young travel member of staff and found thank you and gratitude to Britain and The Allies for their relief from the Nazis was overwhelming !!

[@censured-again]

Yes, of course, they had to hide from the truth of how they betrayed their own family, friends, and neighbors.

[@jasonplanas9020]

I appreciate you taking the time to put this content public

[@georgecooksey8216]

Fine piece. We indeed need to be very careful judging past societies through a lens of modern values and sensibilities. We must place ourselves in the shoes of those we seek to analyze and judge - we must contextualize. As the great historian Margaret MacMillan cautions "It is all too easy to rummage through the past and find nothing but a list of grievances".

[@colmangreen6029]

My German farmhand grandfather with 8 children was enamoured with the SDAP in the early years and became a member. He cancelled his membership once he saw what they really stood for. Neighbours who didn't were still entitled to extra butter and other privileges while his children now faced starvation. I still have black and white photographs of my potbellied mother and her sore covered brothers cuddling their rabbit one last time before it was slaughtered. Meanwhile, my Dutch baker grandfather supplied 'onderduikers' with bread. Railway strikers, labour camp refusers and Jews in hiding. Thus he jeopardised the safety of his own family. Was my German opa evil for having been a 'Nazi'? Was my Dutch opa a saint? I loved them both, and both did what they could with the knowledge and understanding they had.

[@fleuger99]

Excellent content, thank you for sharing. I'm Canadian and one of my neighbors, now passed away, was a tank commander and took party in the liberation of the Netherlands. He informed me that he helped get food for several families and up until the early 2000's he was still in touch with those families and would go visit them until he was too old to travel.

[@dario957]

Excelent story. Even you say “I am not a historian” this is an very good job. Facts Are from public sources and this facts Are wide known, but some people dont want to refresh history data… So we need to have somebody WHO can make the story of history in understandable way. You did exsatly that. With numbers, an I like your stile. Please keep going!

[@Rick88888888]

Great, thanks!

[@marin313]

Fascinating footage that I have never seen before. The story of how civilian populations reacted to occupation in Europe and Asia is history that needs to be more widely told. We must never forget.

[@spaceenemiesnovel]

My grandfather was shot in '44 when he left a cafe in our hometown. One of my grandmother's brothers was with the resistance. One of his brothers was sent to the camps and survived.

[@etiennenobel5028]

If it wasn't filmed one can hardly believe this is Europe less than eighty years ago. Shows you how fragile our modern world and democracy is.

[@gnolan4281]

Context is essential to understanding a given situation. It enables one to draw distinctions and gain insights into the heart of things. Wisdom, balance and empathy cannot be attained without it. Historical research sheds light on the subject and steers discussions and writings away from the reliance on rhetoric, slogans and facile distillations. Thank you Rick for this and the upscaling of the images. All in all it is a tutorial worthy of respect and admiration.

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you very much

[@smoothbrain4384]

Thank you for all of your incredible work, it's absolutely breathtaking!

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you too!

[@metgirl5429]

My parents were teenagers in the Netherlands in WW2 I will hold their stories close to my heart forever and share with my children May we learn from history least we will sorely repeat it …. What the nazis did did not just happen over night …. Slowly slowly ….. the last 3 years …. are we awake now🕊

[@2bignorant]

Rick Your hard work and extensive research and restoration is greatly appreciated

[@thomasm1964]

Very thoughtful and informative video - thank you. Also, it was interesting to see a Dutch perspective. I'm more used to seeing British and Ameican views of the war.

[@terrybirch239]

Rick, that is an amazing piece of work. I visited Amsterdam with my wife and friends a few years ago (I live in Nottingham UK). We went on a walking tour of the city and our guide pretty much told that dark part of the country’s history as you have. Dank je well.

[@christopherlane4945]

Thank you for providing a very thought provoking and objective approach to such a delicate subject. We are always quick to lump a group of people into one category or another or to not try and understand their motives or circumstances for doing whatever they may have done.

[@OHFORPEATSAKES]

Well done. My grandfather thought a new 'world order' was just what the country needed. He even went to work in Germany voluntarily. After 6 months he came back horrified. Joined the resistance and actively fought the nazi's. Got caught in early 1943 and after many interrogations was sent to Vught, then on to several concentration camps. Ultimately died in Bergen Belsen, about one week before it was liberated.

[@Franklin-pc3xd]

Thank you for presenting these videos and providing your narration. We often overlook the Netherlands in the history of the 20th century.

[@trstquint7114]

Part 2, compiled with great care, provides an insight without any reservations or personal opinion. Thanks for this!

[@ianevans2917]

A very fair and accurate assessment of what was for the people and the country of the Netherlands, a very difficult and thought-provoking period of its history.

[@Absolomx]

Rick, ik heb je kanaal net gevonden. Maar je legt het super goed en interessant uit. In combinatie met deze beelden is het echt heel fijn om naar te kijken. Ga zo door!

[@theomaksor851]

Thanks for this well presented insight. It sheds a very clear light onto my own family before and during WWII: My father was born in 1926 as the youngest of 7 older siblings. They grew up in a medium large city. My father told us very little about his family - a bit more about his safe refuge on a farm and almost nothing about the war itself. My mother grew up in a large provincial city - one of the key cities during the end of the war. She had 2 sisters and they were raised by their mother. She sometimes talked about the public kitchens and how they begged and scavenged for food. A few years before my father died he told me his WWII story : His Oldest brother was married and they were housing Jews for almost the duration of the war. One brother escaped to England as he was a specialist in the upcoming radar technology - one brother joined the Dutch / German SS army and was stationed in a French port city - one brother we know very little about he always expressed a strong hatred to the Communists and we know he fought in Berlin , but he never revealed on which side. One brother had joined the Dutch NAZI / NSB party and was an active member. One sister became a very active member of the Dutch Resistance - we know she participated in armed actions against the Germans. My father himself became partly involved in the resistance as courier , he was to young to be an armed fighter and he was on paper adopted as a son of a dairy farm family - farmers were exempt from slave labor in factories in Germany. This division within one family is perhaps a good example of the division in the Dutch society as a whole. After the war the brothers and sister reconciled and all acknowledged that the war was the most evil period in Dutch' history - never ever to be repeated again.

[@ellebelle8515]

Thank you for sharing this important part of the history of a Dutch family during WWII. Truly an example of Europe and the West as a whole. A very tragic history for many. All my Germanic ancestors were born in Communist Russia. Because of their extreme suffering under the Communists, especially Stalin, some among them tended to see the early German armies as liberators. Our experiences form us, both in good and bad. So important to see those who have learnt from the failures and guide future generations.

[@ballgms308]

Did you really make this video?? This is incredible and thought for sure it was just colorized which I couldn’t imagine the amount of time that alone would take. The detail and perspective given is trul remarkable and I never imagined I could take a step back in time like this. What a hidden gem this channel is and your voice was made to do this. I went to sleep last night and now I’m hooked on the Netherlands

[@Rick88888888]

Great! Yes I wrote the script and restored, enhanced, edited and colorized the film footage.

[@williamogilvie6909]

Amazing videos of life in Holland before and during the war. As a child, growing up in Canada, I had several friends who were Dutch. Their parents had survived the war. A close friend, who lived across from us, was Jewish. His parents survived life in a concentration camp. Another neighbor's family was from the Dutch East Indies. Those people had it very bad during WW2.

[@petshopboyspartnership]

These restorations are fantastic... and this one is no different. Thank you for taking the time to introduce us to real history

[@Rick88888888]

Glad you like them!

[@susiefairfield7218]

As someone who is 100% Dutch on both my Mother & Father's sides (from Goes) but in America since the 1800s. I thank you for this documentary, it taught me a lot

[@Ozgipsy]

Don’t get bent up by comments. This is an outstanding video. 👍👍

[@MichaelN-ji3gr]

My Grandmother was a businesswoman from Aruba. She was in Rotterdam in business when the Germans invaded. Being unable to return to Aruba, she joined the Dutch underground. For 4 years she fought and killed many Nazis. The stories are too numerous. But In March of 45 her and her crew ambushed a platoon of Nazis that were making their way back to Germany. When going through their possessions, they found a cache of 1910 Dutch 10 guilder gold coins. I still have 40 of th coins. She got back to Aruba in late 1945, after 4 years evading the Nazis. I was born in 1962 from her daughter in Florida. Always looked forward to visiting her once a year growing up and listening to the stories. When she gave you that look, though……. Rest in Peace, Oma. I miss you still.

[@leobrancovich1743]

What an extraordinary story. And she survived! Was she interviewed, post-war?

[@ajb.9094]

Thank you for helping shed some light on the past. It is a great help for younger people like me to see some of the other side of things that I may not have heard of.

[@Rick88888888]

Thanks, good to hear that! Glad that you are open to understand and learn from the past.

[@IbrahimSean]

Rick you are doing a great job, don’t listen to fools who only talk the talk and then run away, ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@FlyingKarl01]

My father was born in Nijmegen in 1931,I am now living in The Netherlands learning about the time period of 1931 to 1954 when he moved to Canada . Your films fill in the gaps in what was told to me about that time period . Thanks You for your work

[@harryvisser5843]

Excellent analysis and commentary. Many thanks for this work.

[@Raven-nx8su]

My family was very divided during the war. My grandfather was imprisoned in the orange hotel for 6 months and was beaten and humiliated daily because he refused to give a pig to the Germans. His brother was executed on November 19, 1942 in Soesterberg as one of the 33 of Soesterberg for committing acts of sabotage and arson. My great-grandparents (my grandmother's parents) had had 3 Jews in their attic for 3 years while their son had volunteered for the Waffen SS and served on the Eastern Front. After the war, my grandfather's sister went bald through the village on a flat cart because she was not so picky towards the men. So you can see how thin the line is between right and wrong.

[@Raven-nx8su]

@Rick88888888 Great video

[@Rick88888888]

Indeed. Thank you for sharing these memories.

[@edwinhof2090]

Just like in my family. My grandfather was also imprisoned at the Orange Hotel in Scheveningen and his brother was a member of the NSB.

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

Sleepwalked into tyranny. Again 2023?

[@prae7068]

Very valid question. Similar wave of lunacy active again. Fight back!

[@catherinecarr3506]

The propaganda machine is well refined in 2023. Goebbels would be proud

[@elrjames7799]

Couldn't agree more with the opening remarks: history is not only about hindsight, but what actually happened in the past.

[@spib65]

Hi Rick, another superb effort on a tricky subject matter. all the very best.

[@Rick88888888]

Thanks, you too!

[@DHS11999]

There exists a temptation to judge the past using the criteria of the present. Nothing could be more dangerous than that. We must never deny nor forget the past but we must move forward creating a society that will not repeat the sins and errors of the past.

[@censured-again]

But we are, and will continue to do so because there is money to be made.

[@willemkoeslag9269]

Makes me even more proud of my Father and Mother who sheltered several Jewish families during the war. I recall very little but remember vaguely one couple who I was lead to believe were my Aunt and Uncle. I was born in 1940, Almelo, Overijsel.

[@Robert_DeVille]

After 80-90 years later, it sometimes seems like we haven't learned anything from a tragic history. We must never forget this awful period in human history & records like this are vital.

[@youria2559]

But we have learned, we've learned that we can kill any form of discussion by calling someone a Nazi. Apart from that not much less. :(

[@UserNotFound-mw4hp]

Because shit today is going so well, right ✅️

[@analgas]

You’ve only got to look at people like Trump and the republicans to show nothing has been learnt

[@loladavinci1243]

I completely concur with your opening statement. Thank you!

[@voraciousreader3341]

This is a very important synopsis of the general situation in Holland prior to and during WWII. I also agree that there are far too many people who are extremely ignorant yet they propound polarizing and completely inaccurate information, without understanding that many different lenses must be used to understand history. I don’t blame all of this ignorance on education, but on the seductive nature of WWII documentaries which run for roughly 50 minutes and cover a wide swath of time, meaning that a real understanding of the varying situations simply cannot be adequately explained; however, there are too many people who believe they’ve learned all they need to know on the subjects. I sarcastically call them “KZbin geniuses,” because they truly feel they have as much knowledge as someone like me, who has been reading history books covering 1920-1946 for 35 years. As you said, these people “don’t know what they don’t know,” and spew hatred and ignorance with a confidence which is truly horrifying. *PLEASE READ BOOKS, PEOPLE!!!*

[@Rick88888888]

My sentiments too! Thanks

[@seanohare5488]

Yes read always

[@TheSpritz0]

Possibly in 2 years more will be known on how many joined the REGULAR Wehrmacht as well?? I just subscribed!!

[@dezbell6109]

i have only just listened to your opening remarks. I would like you to know I really enjoy and appreciate watching these videos and support the extensive work you do.

[@Rick88888888]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@48Nugget]

Uitstekend video. Bedankt en ik hoop dat er wel een Part 3 komt...

[@henkbakboord9418]

Dank voor deze prachtige beelden in al haar gruwelijkheid. In kleur zo nóg schokkender... Ben benieuwd naar deel 3!

[@Peter-ew2gq]

Ik begin me pas net te verdiepen in WW2 maar schokkend? Met die kleuren ziet het er juist mooi uit. En hoor die toespraak van Anton Mussert. Het lijkt 2024 wel. 1 Europa. De Nieuwe Orde. Ik val van de ene verbazing in de andere.

[@Zeus2024-pn2ht]

I love these videos. Thank you for your work on them.

[@brunoterlingen2203]

A brave topic for you to address Rick, here you were very measured in your comments, nuances indeed.

[@jetv1471]

My grandfather brought my grandmother my father and two uncles over to USA from Beirvleit between ww1 and WW2. My grandfather was in the Dutch military during WW1. My dad told me about the trip over and the entire family credited an aunt of his who sponsored them all over in a smart way . So that my dad said he got to come first class on the ship into Halifax and he said he was very sea sick and even at the age of 9 was happy to not be in deck and not in the hulls below deck where he saw the other passengers. My grandfather took dad out of school in 9th grade and he and my uncles all worked a tenant farmers on dairy farms in NY . This was apparently a common occurrence for Dutch immigrants . Early on my brothers say that my dad was a terrible racist . He was a milkman and delivered milk in the Newark race riots . His lower legs were covered with scars from dog bites . He was a tough disciplinarian. He changed a lot as he aged , became wiser , more understanding. He later said his parents were ignorant and stubborn … they bankrupted a farm they had and my dad had to have them live with us . I was attending a meeting at NATO and my dad used that as an opportunity to visit Europe and his old village . We looked in a phone book in a phone booth ( yes ! They both existed !😂) and found his aunt and uncle in the village . He and they sat and spoke in Dutch ( apparently he learned it was a very Flemish dialect when he could not understand the Dutch representative to NATO from The Hague ) … He asked them what they did during the occupation. He said his uncle said they flooded all the fields … broke the dikes . ( he and I noticed that the fields were all beets 😂)… After only three days in Zeeland .. dad said , let’s get out of here . He often talked about the part of the trip when we were at the October fest in Munich … but he NEVER brought up his home country again . ( I personally did not like Munich but I am an American through and through and although I have traveled the world I keep liking my home state and country the best 🤷‍♀️.. i wont argue why , no reason to, I think its just an individual preference thing ) I often think about cultural diversity… and how if a culture grips tightly to its norms in a new location and doesn’t try to assimilate to some extent the friction it causes . I am uncomfortable if I am in a place that does NOT have diversity. It makes me nervous. I think diversity is a glorious thing … but there also needs to be a coming together as well to be in society. We need to practice the golden rule. I’m being reminded with the Way politics is going in USA now , that there is always that bell shaped curve … there will always be a percentage that favors a different view than I . I take a deep long breath , try to remain aware of what is gaining TRACTION , and continue without fail to practice the golden rule.

[@jwhiskey242]

Fascinating and well done. One thing that was overlooked was that during WWI the British enforced a blockade of the Netherlands - limiting imports to a fraction of what was needed -partially strangling the Dutch economy.

[@jwhiskey242]

@@MyPronounIsGoddess I never said that.

[@ontheroad_again]

Unfortunately due to human nature, hate is easier to teach and learn than love & compassion.

[@marcusweekes7641]

Above and beyond, yet another fantastic restoration Rick, all the very best.

[@realpirate]

' De mens is een product van zijn tijd . ' bij Berthold Brecht . We should always try to see people in their context . Thank you very much for this video , de groeten uit Limburg .

[@margyeoman3564]

That statement is the truest of them all. The good also are generally a product of their time.

[@Hongaars1969]

Thank YOU for another great masterpiece. You keep both the history and the memories alive. Facts remain facts and the truth shall always remain true. Thank you

[@Rick88888888]

My pleasure

[@HenkvandenHeuvel]

Bedankt, ik heb er met grote interesse naar gekeken. Wat mij betreft heb je het keurig uitgelegd en van commentaar voorzien, hulde!

[@Rick88888888]

Dank je wel

[@hamlet7959]

Thank you Rick for an interesting film and for your excellent and thought-provoking interpretation of the situation in the Netherlands between the wars and during WW11. Here In France where I've lived for a number of years the question of civilian involvement and collaboration with the Nazis is still a a subject of heated debate!

[@jcfmsantos1]

Many thanks for the video, a great example of how to approach a sensitive and complex topic with the, much needed and ever more scarce resource, nuance. Long live freedom, reason and compassion!

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you very much.

[@jaymorris3468]

Brllliant stuff, kudos to you for taking the time to put this together.

[@johnnyappleseed2058]

Very insightful video! Sadly people continue to view the past through today's lense!

[@fiatian]

Your efforts are priceless

[@nickel2325]

Its criminal how history was taught to me in public schools

[@user-qm7nw7vd5s]

Well done video, at least on par with many self-proclaimed historians. That you used all color (or colorized) archival film clips give the documentary a contemporary feel. 👍👍

[@Rick88888888]

Well said! That's the whole idea. I do not pretend to be an historian, just someone who likes history...

[@delzworld2007]

The footage and your commentary is excellent. I knew that many Dutch joined the German army and fought mainly on the Eastern front, but the rise of an organized Dutch Nazi following comes as a real surprise. However, it was not only there because roughly the same thing happened in other occupied countries like France and Norway, to name but two.

[@Rick88888888]

I hear what you say, but in this film I did not use terms like "... *many Dutch* ...", but tried to draw a more detailed picture. It was 'only' about 1% of the Dutch people in the 20 to 40 age range that joined the Waffen SS (i.e. between 22.000 and 25.000).

[@steveparkes8461]

A well balanced documentary. It is easy for people to judge that sit in comfort today and perceive 'then' through 'now' eyes. A complex and turbulent world that was going through extreme changes, everywhere. As in France, it always makes me wonder how the ones that metered out 'justice' to collaborators after the war were not themselves hiding some guilt. How brave to shave a woman's head because she dared to fall in love with 'the enemy'.

[@jeromebreeding3302]

This documentary came completely out of left field,as I was ignorant of the scope of Dutch role during WWII. Plenty of accusations on Poland's knowledge of attrocities against the Jews, with concentration camps within their borders. I wonder if the film clips we're colorized.To my knowledge color photography was rare in the thirties-forties. As a student of history, I found this video very enlightening.

[@tyrgoossens]

Amazing visuals and overall very nuanced look at what remains a difficult topic. Great video.

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you very much!

[@spambedam]

Both my Grandfathers and at least two cousins died during the occupation. Two cousins I know of were forced workers in Germany. One cousin told me of German soldiers quartered in her home. It was a hellish time and heroism probably was a matter of happenstance, opportunity, and necessity, as much as a matter of intention. As the narrator said, people tried to survive. Simple as that. God zegen Nederland.

[@UnusSedLeo-w5l]

I fear you have to close the comments section soon, but let me first thank you for your wonderful uploads. Ze vertellen een verhaal dat zonder oordeel anno nu verteld mag worden.

[@Rick88888888]

Dank je wel. Dat was ook mijn opzet: het verhaal too-the-point maar toch neutraal vertellen.

[@jasonkilbourn4723]

Very well put together,great footage, thanks

[@Rick88888888]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@gretacowie9330]

There is very little mention of the Dutch who fought with Britain during the war. My father was in the Dutch Merchant Navy, stationed in London and he and many, many others did the trans-Atlantic run between England and the US for years, keeping the British fed and safer. Many of his Dutch shipmates were killed by German torpedoes during this time. He met and married my Scottish mother and in 1946 we went to the Netherlands to live until 1952 when we emigrated to Australia. He was a good and gentle person as were many other Dutch men and women who were welcomed by Australians as honest, hard workers.

[@Rick88888888]

Watch my 3 video's about the Dutch Navy during WW-II on my channel. My farther served on the Hr.Ms. Johan Maurits and Hr.Ms.Isaac Sweers.

[@kareldekale4987]

Lees ook: WESTERLING: DE EENLING. Speciaal de kleine lettertjes.

[@cyirvine6300]

My parents repeatedly impressed on us there is no room in politics for emotion. It is a complex system that must be analyzed to make good decisions by everyone. Today it is the intense emotions often expressed that frighten me, no one is thinking! I am sorry your 1st film comments were so emotionally intense.

[@samuelarduino]

TOPPNOTCH! documentary, you say you are not an historian.., but you are!,raising the right sort of questions in this well balanced presentation. hope your work will get the recognition it deserves in popular and scientific forums. (Astonising how people then and now are getting their opinions very often based on limited and incorrect information... to be free and to think means using energy that is :to observe ,to examine and to conclude for yourself and then often to correct your own opinions . there is really a problem here in education and growing up, and the social media need to become much stronger on these issues. the world is fascinating and very very complex and simple solutions? well they are there for dictators and demagogues

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you very much! Just to tell you: Today I got a comment from a snooty historian who stated that amateurs like me shouldn't meddle with historic topics because nearly evering I stated was supposedly wrong. He even proclaimed Nazisme was not extreme-right but leftist... Apparently he, like so many people, got mislead by the word "Socialist" in the NSDAP's name. In fact it wasn't socialist at all but totally the opposite. I simply deleted his comment. KZbin can do without such "quasi-experts"...

[@Rick88888888]

PS: I don't think most social media (apart from KZbin) are the right place for serious topics. Such a pile of childish rubbish mixed with serious issues can never work, just like KZbin "Shorts" are unsuitable for historic or other serious topics (although KZbin has been trying to persuade me to do so). "Shorts" are simply KZbin's attempt to regain terrain from TikTok, because "oh dear" they are losing money...

[@grewdpastor]

@@Rick88888888 There are many "KZbin Historians", especially from conservative American and English circles, who want to make their dislike for socialism and communism more understandable by stating that they are the same thing and that National Socialism is also exactly the same. All the social legislation on employment, health care and education that have been achieved in Western Europe through the interference of, among others, the Social Democrats, are therefore not good according to these "historians". They are often supported by people from the former Eastern bloc, who have not been able to cope with the traumas caused by communist rule.

[@NSResponder]

A good friend of my family was a Dutchman who was enslaved by the Nazis. When he was liberated by American troops, he immediately joined them and was enlisted as a sargeant because he was fluent in Dutch, English, German and French and was made an interpreter.. He fought almost continuously from the day he joined the US Army until the Nazis surrendered, and enlisted in the British Army immediately after the US Army demobilized him to serve in the occupation forces. He hated the German Nazis almost half as much as he hated Dutch Nazis.

[@jetv1471]

Good info thank you .

[@Grumszy]

Great video. We must not have hate to any particular race of people. We must also learn to forgive for the human race to survive.

[@AlexanderLittlebears]

What if there is a small, smart, ethnocentric minority who wants to destroy your nation so that nobody would attack them for their refusal to assimilate, who wants rights for everybody only as a second choice where they can't momentarily reach their end goal to have more rights than the others? You shouldn't hate them?

[@stephenholmes1036]

Well done, Well researched a good piece. I was pleased you showed the hongar winter

[@Rick88888888]

Glad you enjoyed it! Have you seen my film about the Hongerwinter? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqO3oKBoot1_gKs

[@GruntProof]

The historical lesson that the West never receives concerning this time period, but desperately needs.

[@Rick88888888]

Well here it is!

[@raymondsommerfeldt2817]

Certainly a well researched and balanced documentary. Europe in general had no place for the Jews. Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania for instance. Even th e United States and Britain .were unsympathetic bye and large. Unfortunately, intolerance still raises its' ugly head today. As was mentioned, there are always some who show their ignorance and "mouth off" without understanding the events behind the times, Unfortunately, Hitler was firmly entrenched in power with a very effective police state by the time everything was being exposed. Something I think the vast majority of German people never would have voted for, if they had have known what was ti transpire. The worst part is the Pope, sanctioned Hitler, never spoke out and never ex-communnicated him! Thanks again. Thoroughly worth while watching.

[@ellebelle8515]

Yes, all of Europe and beyond had been harboring this antisemitism for centuries. Also significant, the sanctioning of so many Nazis by the Catholic Church. All helped Hitler until it was too late.

[@maryholter2971]

How could The Pope excommunicated a non practice Catholic in name only like Hitler?

[@RogerCooley]

As always, What a wonderful Job. Thank you

[@EagleOneM1953]

Thank you for putting this part of history in perspective and showing it is not always black and white but more nuanced.... most people got caught in a situation they did not had asked for or liked to be in...

[@AbsoluteRangatira]

Very informative! Love your narration as well. Thank you

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you!

[@Eitner100]

As Drs. De Jong wrote, there were far more collaborators in The Netherlands plus pro Nazi regime Dutch, than 'heroes'. After the war many collaborators claimed having been part of the very small resistance. That is the big Dutch lie, with the knowledge that after Croatia and Norway, the Dutch were the most pro Hitler and most passive people in WWII. Examples are ample and shortly after the war the best sold car in The Netherlands was the German VW, the favourite vacation destinations were Germany and Austria and the favourite restaurant chain the Wienerwald from Austria.

[@marcusvalerius7663]

My grandpa needed to work for the germans in a weapon factory where he sabotage numeros k89's rifle's with the risk for his own life.. And he would never talk about most he witnessed during the war. While my other grandpa helped the resistance and helped downed pilots find safe houses ect.

[@johnnyblogg2113]

May i compliment you on this well balanced item. However it is well documented that as a whole our population and especially the civil service has been more compliant than other nations under occupation. To our great shame this is also illustrated by the exssesive large number of jewish compatriots in our country that were murdered . As now a 76 year old son and grandson of jewish and Christian grandparents who either were deported or have recived the yad vashem medal i do realise that generalisaties of how our nation " behaved" during WW2is dangerous but my impression is not as well balanced unfortunately.

[@ragandoil]

many thanks for this , it brings to life the things my mother who had great admiration of all the people in Holland she often spoke of the brave dutch people when i was a child in england in the 1950s

[@1955porsche]

you hav really created a masterpiece of a documentary..my father lived thru the occupation n liberation .. he would hav applauded how well you have made this informative documentary that everyone avoids to discuss..anti semitism has been a part of europe since the charlemagne n the middle ages ,,, its nothing new ..very impressed w your documentary

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you very much!

[@ARBAN30]

Learnt a lot from your videos and narration. Thank you for the upload.

[@tw-ym8zr]

Thankyou so much for this video. It was very informative

[@cashew1]

We have a tendency to forget the past, why? Because relevance is only given to the new/current generation. The old when they die, their story is over and forgotten. So history can and will repeat itself.

[@prae7068]

Yeah. Plus: human psychology doesn't change, even if technology does...

[@4dogsgaming]

There is so much more history of WWII that has yet to be told.

[@cambridge1960]

Ik ben onder de indruk van hoe evenwichtig en met zicht op het perspectief van die tijd u het verhaal vertelt. Mensen kunnen achteraf zo makkelijk oordelen nu ze weten wat er allemaal ging gebeuren ipv begrijpen dat vele mensen verlangen naar orde, zekerheid en werk.

[@Rick88888888]

Dank je wel!

[@moladiver6817]

In dat licht vond ik de serie Broeders in Berlijn van de NPO soms ook erg verhelderend. Als West Europeanen zagen we de val van de muur als een enorme verlossing voor de mensen erachter. En waar die val natuurlijk onvermijdelijk was beginnen we nu pas te erkennen dat veel mensen in de DDR eigenaardig genoeg best gelukkig waren. Het was een eenvoudige en best wel ordelijke maatschappij die weinig verrassingen bood en voor veel mensen was dat een prettig bestaan. Na de Duitse Wende domineerde de West Duitse cultuur en Oost Duitsers hadden lange tijd het gevoel dat ze geen stem hadden. DDR elementen werden zo snel mogelijk gewist in het nieuwe Duitsland om het eenwordingsproces maar zo snel mogelijk te laten verlopen. Daarbij voelden veel 'Osies' een heel nieuw soort onderdrukking. De aflevering in Bremen is een interessante. Dat is eigenlijk een best wel welvarende stad geworden maar doordat veel mensen van inmiddels middelbare leeftijd het gevoel hebben dat ze door de DDR en na de Wende de boot gemist hebben zijn er veel nieuwe antisemitische en andere overeenkomstige gevoelens die zich onder andere uiten in vrij grote pegida bijeenkomsten. Daarnaast sluimert met name in Duitsland het neo-nazisme door en je hebt ook nog de nationalisten die graag terug willen naar de tijd van de Pruisen en het moderne Duitsland niet erkennen. Al met al denk ik dat populistische stromingen in Duitsland nog net zo'n gevaar vormen als 100 jaar geleden en we weten inmiddels waar dat toe kan leiden.

[@arenttelindert2913]

Wat een geweldige, indrukwekkende docu. Zou verplicht vertoond moeten worden op elke middelbare school!

[@Rick88888888]

Dank je wel!

[@alvashoemaker8536]

The Dutch were trying to survive; how in the world can anyone who’s never experienced hardship know what THEY would do in horrific circumstances…? We can try to re-write history…but will justifiably fail!! 😲🤨

[@Leanfear69]

Goed in elkaar gezet en afgewogen gepresenteerd. Ik kan de percentages die je noemt niet beoordelen maar ik ben blij dat er een balans komt in de berichtgeving over “goed” en “fout”.

[@robyn3168]

My father was confiscated as a dutch youth (non jewish) for their 'so called work camps' By todays standards conditions were so appalling they would be called slave labour plus some. The Gemans destroyed all the papers about these camps, so only stories remain. It is about time more was known about these prime youth being taken and killed by poor food, overwork or illnesses. Some of the camps were in Poland and Germany. My fathers stories of the cries coming from the gas chambers. My fathers buriel in a pit while alive for days, as punishment (dug hole in the ground), haunt me to this day. They haunted him all his life as well.

[@jetv1471]

😢😢😢

[@albretchmueller3637]

I liked very much your voice over comments of the video about beginning of the German occupation of The Netherlands during WWII. In these Orwellian times in which "2+2=5" simply because the party chooses so, it is virtually impossible to find an honest and grounded discussion about any topic. People are unable to have a discussion based on sound argumentative references, everybody is trying to "persuade" everybody else. As they used to say in the Seinfeld show: "Just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it". New Yorker niggah me could not understand what they meant (the point of lies is that even if you believe them you would not make them true, isn't it?), until I realized they meant it in a sarcastic way as the finest and most concise Anthropology of the U.S.

[@twanhouben5572]

Aangrijpend verhaal met zeer mooi bijpassende beelden. Dank!

[@Rick88888888]

Graag gedaan!

[@henktittel3588]

In mijn ogen (met mijn beperkte kennis) een goed onderbouwd document, dank voor tijd en moeite die er in gestoken is.