The liberation of the Dutch town of Haarlem in 1945 in color! De bevrijding van Haarlem in 1945

[@Rick88888888]

*English spoken commentary follows the Dutch commentary, about 3 minutes into the video* All episodes in this series about the Liberation of the Netherlands in April and early May 1945 can be found in this Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLP_6hUsQRi8serTiHGuwlDPnbXmv1SPHe I am also starting to use a new, much better colorizer. Take a look here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKvCfJt7jNaKodU The only drawback is that it takes more than 5 times as long to do and thus is only usable for short films.

[@adilahmed454]

Thanks brooooooo, uplode more WW2 moments , WW2 is the most sadest & most powerful history in the world .

[@garyk1334]

Thankyou very much for all your efforts in helping to keep this important history alive . It's very much appreciated , It's fascinating & very moving & they'll never be forgotten .

[@mysticwanderer4787]

Thank you for posting these remembrances of the liberation of the Netherlands. As an American veteran, I served to ensure these scenes would not be repeated in this world, but alas another dictator has arisen in Russia. I hope that I live to see celebrations in Ukraine similar to these. Again thank you for your efforts. I have been to the Netherlands many times and can say without hesitation the Dutch people are special. I get a tear in my eye watching these films knowing the horrors the Dutch people faced during the occupation and seeing their jubilation upon liberation.

[@Arnhem-NL]

Bedankt voor het uploaden, thank you for sharing.

[@bigbadword]

I'm grateful for those people who had the presence of mind to document this event and others like it.

[@elisabethbenn1572]

Thank you for these Liberation films Rick. I am a Dutch migrant to Australia. My parents lived through the war and we came to Australia in 1955. It’s great to see the films that illustrate the joy of Liberation our parents related to us.

[@elizabethsime5751]

As a Canadian this makes me very proud my greatest respect to the liberators and to the the liberated.🇨🇦

[@lawrencewright2816]

Now Canada needs to be liberated from Trudeau.

[@motorinstructeur]

Amd rightly so. These men gave all so we could live in Peace and freedom once more.

[@motorinstructeur]

​@@lawrencewright2816go cry somewhere else. Not the place to Do this here. An entirely different subject. 😊

[@technodaz]

Oh my word man!! I have to show this to my mother , my stepfather had a tabaks shop on Tempeliersstraat and I lived over there for 10 years. He's unfortunately no longer with us but I know she will love to see this. Thanks a million!

[@Rick88888888]

Please do!

[@spib65]

I have been watching all of your excellent films, and for me this is the most poignant. Great effort Rick, many thanks.

[@Rick88888888]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@catherine4970]

This is such important history. Thank you for all you do for us. We appreciate you.

[@amandarobb2856]

My grandfather was a Canadian Military Police and was in Holland when they were liberated. Unfortunately, he passed before I was born (likely PTSD related cause). I don't know a lot about where in Holland he was or what he did. I'm pretty sure my mum has his records. Anyhow, seeing this makes me an even more grateful Canadian Thank you! 🇨🇦❤️

[@KuijperRob]

i say my special gratitude beeing born and raised Haarlemmer..my father suffered force labour in Germany for 2 years but been treated well

[@gerhard6105]

Mooie video. Ik kom uit Haarlem. Ik heb veel herkend. Mijn moeder (bijna 85) stond toen op de hoek van de Schoterweg en de Generaal Cronjéstraat. De gaarkeuken was in de Union chocoladefabriek op de Paul Krugerkade, waaraan ze toen ook woonde.

[@Professor-Patti]

⭐❤‼Excellent, as usual, Rick! You always chose the best music. This score is particularly cinematic and suits the film wonderfully! Great work.

[@yorkyswe]

The quality and colour of the film looks great Rick! It's hard to imagine the joy the townsfolk must have felt being liberated from the Nazis. War is terrible. My wife is Ukrainian and it feels like much of history is being repeated.

[@Rick88888888]

History is indeed being repeated. I have been comparing WW-II footage with present day footage: Still the same brutal tanks, shelling of civilians, useless destruction of buildings and infrastructure, very sad people etc. And for what? A primitive, totally outdated idea that a large, predominantly empty country with only 150 million inhabitants should rule the other 7 billion people in the world, on the basis of barbaric medievil and evil concepts. I wish the best to you, your wife and her family.

[@pbakker8553]

Ik ben ook in Haarlem geboren! Een van de mooiste steden van Nederland!

[@MichaelVanWeerd]

My parents lived through the war. My Mother is from Amsterdam and my father is from Almelo. I was born here in America. I love my Dutch heritage.

[@garryej]

My dad was in the Canadian Army. When we went back to Haarlem 10 years later, we were very well received!

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video Rick, beautiful work, this footage is amazing, amazing scenes of the liberation,happy occasion 😀👍👌

[@1chish]

I hope the Canadians enjoyed this day as they had fought hard and long and deserved it Allez Canadiennes.

[@JSS...]

Still thankfull every day to be a free dutchman, thanks to all the brave souls that risked there lives for people in a country that is not their own.

[@AFGuidesHD]

I mean they weren't exactly fighting for the Netherlands anymore than the Germans were lol

[@JSS...]

@@AFGuidesHD the hell is that suppost to mean?

[@AFGuidesHD]

@@JSS... It means they weren't fighting for the netherlands anymore than the Germans were

[@JSS...]

@@AFGuidesHD so you say they where not any better than the germans?

[@AFGuidesHD]

@@JSS... I say they weren't fighting for the netherlands anymore than the Germans were

[@DJVDW01]

Wat ik zo snel herken: 17:09 Lincoln Fordson garage aan het Stationsplein (tegenwoordig hotel Lion d'Or) 17:36 Border Stadhuis Grote Markt 18:10 Grote Markt met beeld Laurens Janszoon Coster (staat tegenwoordig wat verder van het stadhuis op diezelfde markt) 18:16 St. Bavo op de achtergrond (de enige keer dat ik de Grote Markt zo vol heb gezien was met de huldiging van Yvonne van Gennip) 19:09 Bakker Visee aan de Rijksstraatweg in Schoten 19:16 Mariakerk aan de Rijksstraatweg in Schoten, tegenwoordig Haarlem-noord 19:30 Grote Houtstraat met op 20:54 de poort van Hofje zonder Zorgen

[@DJVDW01]

Border moet natuurlijk bordes zijn 🙂. Ik denk nog watr meer punten te herkennen maar daar zou ik 'even' in moeten duiken.

[@Rick88888888]

Dank je wel! Keep 'm coming!

[@MaartenHartog]

Mooi! Een paar toevoegingen en onderaan een correctie: 15:40 Spaarne vanuit Damstraat (voertuigen draaien in vanuit het zuiden) 15:57 Damstraat richting St. Bavo 16:08 opnieuw Spaarne vanuit Damstraat 16:24 Frederikspark, hoek Dreef correctie: 17:09 Lincoln Fordson garage bevond zich aan het Houtplein, hoek Lorentzplein. Vermoedelijk dezelfde camerapositie (maar nog iets verder doorgedraaid) als 16:24

[@DJVDW01]

@@MaartenHartog Lincoln Fordson had 2 locaties in mei 1945, kantoor en werkplaats aan het Stationsplein (hier in beeld) en een showroom aan het Plein. Hier in beeld is het Stationsplein.

[@MaartenHartog]

@@DJVDW01 Ik was in het Noord-Hollands Archief gaan grasduinen omdat het gebouw van Lion d'Or er zo anders uitziet. In de online beeldbank vond ik een foto (inventarisnummer 3893) uit 1947 vanuit vrijwel hetzelfde standpunt: blijkt toch het Houtplein te zijn! Er zat inderdaad een Fordgarage aan het Stationsplein, maar die blijkt aan de Jansweg gevestigd te zijn geweest (waar nu het leegstaande Rijkskantoor staat), voor de volledigheid: fotonummer 9321.

[@zorrozekkocho990]

Very well done Rick! Amazingly good to see.

[@annasolanis]

You mention Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry. My late father was part of that group as a Private in 1945.

[@abrahamdozer6273]

It is still an active regiment of the regular Canadian Army. The PPCLI have been "getting around" since WWi when they were founded as a private regiment.

[@roydavidlivermore4664]

My father became friends with several Dutch people from this town during the liberation,and we remained friends for years afterwards until they sadly passed away. One family also had an Hotel in Epe where my fathers unit was also based.

[@roydavidlivermore4664]

The Epe hotel was owned at that time by the parents of Mrs Zwaart deloof.

[@roydavidlivermore4664]

I wonder if anybody remembers the owners of that wartime hotel in Epe?

[@josespaan-capellen5933]

Heel bijzonder om te zien. Ik kwam dit filmpje per toeval tegen. Op 19:05 tm 19:16 is een klein stukje Haarlem-Noord te zien. Bakkerij Visee die op de Rijksstraatweg ik schat 346 zat. En de kerktoren vd O.L.V. Van zeven smartenkerk (veel later Mariakerk)

[@L1V2P9]

The Princess Patricia Light Infantry (known widely as the Princess Pats) were formed in 1914 and named after Princess Patricia of Connaught, Granddaughter of Queen Victoria. The Princess Pats were stationed in Alberta and Manitoba. In WWI they fought in the trenches at the Somme, Battle of Passchendaele, and Vimy Ridge and other battles.

[@Painter75-z5l]

When I was a kid, dad was stationed in Hemer, Germany with the Princess Pats. We often went to Holland to as the units soccer team had a close relationship with a Dutch team in Dordtrect. No doubt it was a Canadian/Dutch thing.

[@lifeindetale]

enjoyed this film thank you sir!

[@Rick88888888]

My pleasure!

[@junesmallwood4921]

I will be coming to this town to live in this summer. Very excited to see it and learn the history

[@VinslomBardy]

I got the opportunity to live in Haarlem for two years - it's a beautiful city!

[@JonathanMarks]

Brilliant work as usual Rick. You are way ahead of Beeld en Geluid in Hilversum in making this important footage available to a wider public.

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you very much. It is sad that Beeld En Geluid is not at all active with proper film restoration nor does much to scan far more historic material. I offered four times to help them, but no response (other than an indirect comment that restoration is bad from a historians perspective, because it eledgedly tampers with the original footage). My opinion is that it is more important to focus on the viewability of footage and thus provide education as well as entertainment. 99% of the viewers are in that category and only 1% historians. Beeld En Geluid still have piles of film tins in their storage bunkers that have not yet been (re-)examined or ever opened. Most of their online footage was scanned in the 1990's with (now) obsolete film scanners. They did this at the time when the Dutch goverment gave them a subsidy, but that money stream has long dried up (apart from renovating their building in Hilversum). Also I can no longer find any nice public domain footage with their new search engine. About 80% of what used to be public domain and viewable online has disappeared. HD (1080p) stuff has now completely gone. It's like a tango: "One step forward, two steps back" So sad, especially considering that 50% of the population is over 50 years old and still interested in historic footage. Most of them will be dead in 10 to 25 years. Looking at KZbin's statistics of my channel, viewer numbers are low in the 10 to 30 years of age categories. At least I am doing my best to bring history closer to todays world by what I do as a hobby.

[@jbhk7977]

There's one "small" error in this documentary, The Netherlands were never liberated! A seize fire was reached between the Dutch and Germany in '45. In fact, technically spoken you are still a part of Germany. There's a reason why the 1st line of your anthem states: "ben ik van Duitsen bloed". What country would still use this line today when they actually defeated the German agressor in 1945? Correct, they wouldn't

[@anneloubangert7740]

Fantastisch materiaal en goed bewerkt. Een ondertitel hier en daar zou fijn zijn geweest maar verder super!

[@ginatorres4434]

I like the work you do. Thank you.

[@Rick88888888]

Much appreciated

[@sonjahartman1056]

Dank voor dit filmpje kom uit Haarlem 🙏

[@grandduke011]

It’s fascinating to know that my mother aged 10, is somewhere in that crowd.

[@envt]

Wat een geweldige filmpjes weer!!

[@BarneySaysHi]

15:58 Is de Damstraat , kijkende in Noordwestelijke richting naar de Grote of St. Bavokerk.

[@lloydnaylor6113]

I recognise the cathedral in Harleem centre, I worked there in the late 90s and took my daughter there in 2005. A beautiful square where the Cathedral is and she loved the poffigers ( have I spelt that right? )

[@suleimanashraf8058]

You mean "poffertjes" and they are indeed amazing and delicious!

[@MrDaiseymay]

A great historic record for the Dutch, I hope their current generation, are made aware of this generations heroism.

[@robertsoomer3201]

Excellent film, but its frustrates me that a large part of the film is not recorded in Haarlem unfortunately, i would love to see more info about where the shots were taken :)

[@tommybrown9034]

15:03 shows the Union Jack out of the back of the truck?

[@harrycurrie9664]

Loved it, all the little BSA bantams, Austin 7's, Morris 8's and other British teenie weenie motor vehicles.

[@keithwaites9991]

Yes, I love all those old British vehicles and they were indeed teenie weenie. But then we had teenie weenie roads so didn't need cars the size and shape of aircraft carriers

[@harrycurrie9664]

@@keithwaites9991 Yep, when shoulder to shoulder meant you had a Ford Popular.

[@keithwaites9991]

@@harrycurrie9664 ha ha so true

[@harrycurrie9664]

@@toonmag50 Haha, yes, they probably didn't notice them ...the av height of the British soldier was only 5'5" ... good fit for teenie weenie vehicles. 😎

[@harrycurrie9664]

@@toonmag50 British propaganda !

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

In every respect, it was a beautiful day, May 9th, 1945.

[@BeeRich33]

Celebrate with a Jopen Stout. This Canadian will. Great post.

[@rexjaru]

I’m sure the arguments against including music were earnestly stated. But well chosen music can sharpen the focus and attention.., it would be interesting to see if the video statistics show a drop in viewers after the music fades out.

[@Rick88888888]

I just checked the statistics. In all videos viewer retention drops right from the start, but I don´t see anything in the graph at the 06.40 mark when the audio stops (33% of the viewes are still watching then). There is a visible drop when the German collaborators appear at 09.30 (27% is then still watching).

[@KuijperRob]

als geboren Haarlemmer doet me dit veel hoewel mijn ouders uit de Zaanstreek en W Friesland stammen..pracht materiaal!

[@Galactorate]

around 5:00 we see prominent NSB party heads such as their leader Anton Mussert who was arrested and imprisoned in The Hague and not in Haarlem. At 5:33 we see Max Blokzijl and we can also see Robert van Genechten, and Carel Huygen - top officials of the NSB - in this sequence of the film as far as I know, they were never in Haarlem as part of being arrested and being in custody Mussert was executed in 1946 after being refused clemency by Queen Wilhelmina. Blokzijl was also given the death penalty. Genechten hung himself while in prison and Huygen served 10 years of an 18 year sentence

[@I3asher]

Hele goede intro. Goed bezig, Rick!

[@Rick88888888]

Dank je wel! Het gesproken commentaar moet ik overigens toevoegen om niet voor de derde keer door KZbin te worden demonetized. Velen weten dat niet, maar het is bij KZbin alsmaar op eieren lopen geblazen...

[@Resenbrink]

My mother and her family were liberated in Haarlem.

[@boxsterman77]

wow! Some this is extra poignant for you.

[@yeru2480]

Leuk dat mijn stadje weer aan de beurt is!

[@theon9575]

Beautiful video, thank you. But Haarlem is not really a town. It got to city status centuries ago. After all, Haarlem is the Capital City of North Holland.

[@rolfagten857]

Ivo niehe heeft in 1995 een boekje gemaakt getiteld: Mijn Bevrijding. Maar dit is een goed stukje oorlogsdocumentatie.

[@OneofInfinity.]

Mijn vader was 15 toen de Canadezen binnentrokken, van tijd tot tijd sprak hij over de bezetting, hij was zo jong toen het allemaal begon.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

At 19:00-19:03 , you see an ORANGE flag. People used to have two flags, a red-white-blue and an orange one. My grandfather had one. It was lost, unfortunately. All that remains is people using orange pennants hanging from the top of the flagpole. Vroeger hadden mensen naast de Nederlandse driekleur ook een oranje vlag. Mijn opa en ouders hadden er een. Helaas verloren gegaan.

[@Rick88888888]

Is daar niet de oranje wimpel voor in de plaatst gekomen?

[@corlenselink2018]

@@Rick88888888 Volgens mij wel om Willem van oranje te eren

[@davidjordan9759]

Why did the Netherlands change to the tricolor instead of keeping a distinctive traditional flag?

[@irma8692]

Tuur me rot om te zien wat waar precies is in ons Haarlem

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

19:35. Wist iemand dat je vroeger zoveel vis in de rivieren had dat je een winkel met riviervisch kon hebben? Dat zou tegenwoordig absurd zijn.

[@Dickstra64]

Ooit was de Rijn de zalmrivier van Europa. Ook werd er rond Haarlem veel paling gevangen, en ook wel snoekbaars. Men at toentertijd meer soorten zoetwatervis dan nu, bijv. voorntjes (gerookt), en ook karper en brasem. En dan zal ik andere soorten vis nog wel vergeten zijn.

[@h.niemeyer6651]

De Riviervischmarkt bestaat nog steeds als adres (nu horecagebied).

[@14derwerner]

Kan iemand mij uitleggen hoe duizenden mensen in de hongerwinter stierven en in alle bevriidings filmpjes uit het zelfde gebied van een paar maanden later alle mensen er puik en gezond uitzien?

[@emausderratsuchende5447]

I'm amazed that there aren't any attacks to be seen.....after almost 5 years of occupation.

[@Rick88888888]

The film is about the Liberation Festivities. I don't do combat footage on my channel.

[@emausderratsuchende5447]

@@Rick88888888 I didn't mean actual combat operations, but the probably angry expulsion of the last German soldiers and their collaborators. In France and especially in the East things looked different...

[@womenfrom0202]

During the war no one dared to use their films and everyone filmed the liberation by the Allied forces. This is the main reason there is hardly any film/photo of the German occupation. Shame cause the deportation of people is not or sparely documentaded.

[@Rick88888888]

My guess is that being able to buy motion film was not the biggest problem, but how to get film footage of war attrocities developed was! You never knew whether the film developer would report you to the Germans. Maybe I´m wrong. Like today the occupying force tried to keep all news communication under control and applied censorship to anything that did not suite their objectives.

[@ronnie9187]

De vreugde van al die mensen he. Mijn moeder had het er vaak over toen ze nog leefde, ze was elf jaar oud. Maar kreeg toch een paar sigaretten mee (voor haar vader) en een stuk chocolade voor haar en haar broertje van een amerikaanse soldaat.

[@Redbul-c1i]

Dat is wat oorlog met je doet,je kan zien aan de ogen van mensen dat ze bang zijn en dat ze haast maken lijkt wel,echt een mooi video.

[@gregorgregor5139]

Myślę że wojna druga wojna światowa zbyt mało drastyczna była dla Holandii i oni tak naprawdę nie zaznali ani strachu i terroru w większości byli kolaborantami gdzie w tym momencie cały czas się wypierają tak jak wcześniejsza historia mówi o handlu niewolnikami kolonizacji innych narodów kraj Więc jaką historią Holendrzy mogą się chwalić i bohaterstwo żadną to są oszuści zdrajcy jeszcze do tego robią sobie dzieci z najbliższymi z rodziny brzydzę się nimi gardzę

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

19:11 Visee was een bekende bakker. Een kleindochter zat bij mij in de klas een jaar.

[@michielderuyter6011]

And the complete colaborating police and a lot of NSB people did get away with everything.

[@jelle2884]

the city i love!

[@lookup49]

Are those Dutch soldiers in the video?. How did they get there? So sad that Holland was one of the first countries to be occupied and one of the last to be liberated.

[@Rick88888888]

Check out the "Prinses Irene Brigade"

[@pvdharten]

These are probably Burgerwacht staff (blue overalls) that received a rifle at the liberation to help maintain order

[@robertneven7563]

@@Rick88888888 pinses Irene brigade heeft geen ballen gedaan om nNederland te bevrijden , ze kwamen hinkent achter de Belgische brigade Piron aan ,

[@arnhemseptember2009]

Indrukwekkend weer.

[@abrahamdozer6273]

Were any of the collaborators summarily executed by the Dutch or did they all stand trial?

[@MrDion023]

Pretty sure any type of collaborators or girlfriends / traitors to the land got embarassed in some way , and most of who did hurt the people stood trail or got taken with the Canadians i believe ,,,

[@gordonspicer]

@@MrDion023 Generally most were treated rather lightly and leniently

[@amadeusamwater]

Adding the Dutch National Anthem near the end might have been appropriate.

[@Rick88888888]

Some of my videos indeed have the Dutch National anthem, but not every time

[@stephenheath8465]

The famous NYC Neighborhood is name after this town

[@guitarhans]

Indrukwekkend, maar niet alles is uit Haarlem. We zien volgens mij ook de Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten, waar wijlen mijn vader in mei '45 deel van uit maakte.

[@Rick88888888]

Graag dan aangeven wat niet Haarlem betreft.

[@guitarhans]

@@Rick88888888 Zie de reactie van Nico38NL.

[@bobdemon4903]

@@Rick88888888 Op 5.29 minuut is Anton Mussert te zien. Die werd in Den Haag gearresteerd. Dus hoogst waarschijnlijk die andere mannen in dat fragment ook.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

Note that there are no Dutch cars for there was no petrol (USA: gas), only the military had fuel. The colouring is by AI. AI does not know the Dutch flag is red-white-blue and leaves it grey-white-black.

[@moss8448]

they didn't mind the young lads riding with them always a good sign

[@Han-wh5ie]

Bijzondere beelden. We jammer dat al die opeens verschenen vele heren in hun blauwe overalls niet eerder,dus voor de bevrijding, uit de kast kwamen......

[@binaway]

Many of the civilians are so thin.

[@Rick88888888]

As if that surprises you?! Never heard of the Hongerwinter (1944/1945)?

[@tommybrown9034]

15:49 most certainly British and the Red Beret = Parachute Regiment

[@hanseekhoff1093]

Er zijn ook beelden uit Den.Haag bij....

[@drewcanton235]

The other Harlem!!! New Amsterdam (New York)... History...

[@Rick88888888]

You should say: "the original Haarlem"!

[@nj2180]

Harlem is called after Haarlem

[@gordonspicer]

Despite wartine occupation serious privations dont these Dutch look well dressed & turned out! (similarto Belgians & Danes but far better than the most of the Vichy French) I love the boys also in their plus fours. I wonder when they fell out of fashion in Netherlands as they were uncommon in other european countries except maybe Germany ?

[@tinkaschram5407]

Was een gids in het Haarlemse Corrie ten Boom muzeum daar vertelde sommige oud NSB'S dat ze allen lid waren geworden om hun familie te eten te kunnen geven. Dus ze waren niet allemaal slecht!

[@irma8692]

Zoals mijn grootouders. Mijn opa ging koken voor Duitsers en zo was er íets meer te eten voor hun 6 zonen.

[@gordonspicer]

Despite these being terrific colour films showing inter alia arrest of Dutch collaborzteurs and deliriously happy residents of Haarlem I still feel somewhat uncomfortable after all this time. The reason is having read the most absorbing books on the occupation of Netherlands concerning its Jewish Dutch born and foreign residents. For a so called civilised mostly Protestant country with little antisemitism before the war it certainly raised its ugly head in Holland with vigour and callousness. It is well known that fewer Dutch Jews returned home than any other european country and then their reception was just appalling & cruel. I can't understand those Dutch & those days. The books are for those interested are : "Hitler's Bounty Hunters" -tge betratal of Dutch Jews by An Van Liempt. Pup Berg 2005 "Ashes in the Wind- the destruction of Dutch Jewry" by Dr Jacob Presser. Souvenir Press 2010.

[@paulbrower]

One must remember that (1) the Netherlands was one of the earliest countries to come under Nazi rule and (2) among the last to be liberated. (3) the Netherlands was (and still is) one of the most densely-populated countries in the world. Unlike even Poland it has few forests in which to hide. (4) the Netherlands had a long border with Germany and excellent road links to Germany. Nazi administrators could enter and leave at will. (5) Dutch public officials were told early to not create problems. They thought that what was going on in Poland could not happen there. By the time that they realized otherwise, it was too late. (6) the Nazis were swift to deport Dutch Jews. Once out of the Netherlands, Jews were helpless. (7) the Nazis intended to annex the Netherlands as just another German province. Part of that involved exterminating the Jews. (8) the Dutch actively protested Nazi abuse of Jews early... and that caused the Nazis to rush the deportation of Jews. The Nazis were careful to ensure that Dutch Jews were not subjected to massacres in the Netherlands. Enslaved Poland would be adequate. (9) Dutch Jews were often easy to identify by non-Dutch (especially Spanish or Portuguese) surnames. They had not been under any pressure to hide their origins until 1940 -- by which it was too late. (10) The only imaginable safe haven for Dutch Jews was the UK, which was obviously difficult to get to in view of the German Navy, which was not innocent of the Holocaust. (11) Jews had tight-knit families in dense neighborhoods, which made them easy to round up. Dutch Jews were well assimilated into Dutch political, cultural, and economic life before 1940. The swift Nazi conquest of the Netherlands made that irrelevant.

[@57appel]

It must be remembered the majority of Western European countries easily handed over their Jewish populations in an attempt to satisfy the Nazi need to destroy the Jewish peoples. France apologized for it a few years ago. In my recent tours of Dutch cities which had heavy histories during the war, I was sickened at the lack of support or caring for those Jewish peoples who perished. Only 11,000 Jews returned after the war. If you take a Canal tour in Amsterdam you will be told where the Jewish neighborhood’s existed. At one point, the government began to destroy those homes to widen the street (if you believe that excuse), but the citizens were able to stop the destruction. The fact the Dutch of today show no caring for the millions lost makes me feel ill. It took the Canadian and British armies to free the Nederlandse. And don’t forget, the Dutch did not participate in WWI. I only saw one Synagogue and it was a new building. Beyond sad the Dutch people do not appear to care.

[@pdb1565]

Why build many synagogues for people that aren’t living in NL? It has nothing to do about not caring! Even churches are vanishing in the NL. People mostly do not care anymore about religion in NL. You can find a lot of mosques in NL because there is use for it. Almost every religion can build a building to practice their religion. Coming to the NL as a tourist in Amsterdam and reading some books and then forming your opinion about how Dutch feel is a bit delusional at the most.

[@gordonspicer]

@@paulbrower No mention of the Dutch guarding Westerbork, the infamous Dutch bounty hunters. You must have forgotton such a trivial detail ?

[@57appel]

@@pdb1565 You missed the point, and then decided a native is a tourist because you believe only tourists take canal tours. In taking a friend around the Nederlands, it became obvious, more than when I was young, how little the Dutch acknowledge the Jewish population during WWII. The point of mentioning a Synagogue was to acknowledge what other religious based sites were rebuilt by the returnees from war, there were not enough Jews to do the same. Those who did return had no or few belongings because theirs was stolen or destroyed. This is being acknowledged more in the present than in the past. While a brick and mortar building does not have to be a place of religious reverence, history must still be acknowledged. Books and films are finally bringing history to the surface, information many are not aware of and the stories are amazing. There is an excellent new interactive museum near Arnhem which puts the visitor squarely in the battle through use of participation in action packed scenarios and tells the history. Finally, the whole war should not have been about the Jewish population and others and evil doesn’t care about the target, only the ill gotten goods.

[@timmo491]

Those troops seem predominantly to have been British.

[@1chish]

The Canadians were kitted out by the British in WWII and in any case used very similar uniforms. Even today this Regiment use ceremonial uniforms very similar to the British with red tunics and Pith Helmets.

[@timmo491]

@@1chish I'm aware of that but they had maple leaves on their kit but in many of the shots with these troops they don't.

[@1chish]

@@timmo491 Probably because the only distinguishing badge was a 'Canada' on each arm just below the shoulder seam or on the slip on epaulette?

[@1chish]

@@toonmag50 Its actually worse than that. they never forgave us for being the main reason they were liberated and Germany defeated. In hindsight we seem to have won the war but lost the peace because while we took 50 years to pay off our war and loan debt Germany was forgiven all its debts and had billions US dollars pumped into its economy. Germany now runs the EU anyway.

[@dalj4362]

Its was definitely the Canadians. The easiest way I've found is the breast pockets on the front. The British normally have the buttons showing, the Canadians buttons are concealed underneath. But even that depends on rank and what sort of uniform.

[@marijkewarners6381]

You can tell this is an American film because everywhere else coloUr is spelled this way, having a U in it; COLOUR

[@Rick88888888]

No, ofcourse not. It is me who uses this spelling. The reason is that I have more American viewers than British. It is a choice I have to make.

[@victoirevanleuven4528]

@@Rick88888888 color is american.. cdn and british is colour! and yes of course I know.. I was a secretary in my younger years . I live now 54 yrs in Canada and have worked for both canadians and people of the US in canada..AND I taught English as a second language to immigrants.. taught adult cdns to read and write.. and yes you are reading this correctly! Canada uses the british spelling in their english language. thusly it is colour.. not color.. which is american.

[@Rick88888888]

@@victoirevanleuven4528 The Americans are in still in the majority, hence the use of "color"

[@shirleybalinski4535]

@@Rick88888888 ...regarding the use of the " U" in certain words. Americans won't mind which way you spell it. I live near the Canadain border. I'm use to it. If you are European then by all means use the " U" in your spelling!! Don't want to offend anyone.

[@Rick88888888]

@@shirleybalinski4535 This is a "Catch-22" case. Without the "U" some Brits get upset and with the "U" some yanks. I hope the "some" are in the extreme minority of nit pickers... Anyhow, I am not going to spend a second more on this kind of comments which lead to the unconquerable "Nowhere land".

[@Decoy629]

The dutch and the rest of the world have never been liberated at all, the enemy did win, fact!

[@Rick88888888]

What a load of nonsense! Go back to school and take proper (dutch) history classes.

[@nilsen589]

@@Rick88888888 lol. so in school you learn the truth?

[@jsb7975]

@@Rick88888888 from on the late seventees school teached children that the Dutch almost had no resistance and collaboration was everywhere ("The Netherlands did not suffer that mutch") ............. History-lessons became Social studies. SUSPICIOUS Of anything that might smell of chauvinistic feelings. (You May delete this comment if you like, I know you want to keep this channel objective, nevertheless my comment in itself might be objective as well....)

[@Rick88888888]

@@nilsen589 I am long passed my school days, but have learnt how to evaluate facts, news and history and thus make my own judgements.

[@Rick88888888]

@@jsb7975 Maybe your school did, but when I went to school (long ago) I got proper education.