Jos scharrer was born in east london, south africa and initially became a journalist. Resistance the chicago defiance mc series book 1 ebook. The preservation of human life became a lifeanddeath mission for a small minority of ordinary dutch citizens. Established in 1980, the national black political party nbipp existed for six years and represents the most ambitious attempt by african americans to establish an independent thirdparty movement. Nina kosterina a young communist in stalinist russia. The small dutch town of lemerlerveld was an important location for the dutch resistance during the second world war the courage and kindness of the citizens of this town is a symbol of what made the people of holland great in the midst of some of the greatest evil the world has ever known. Jannetje johanna jo schaft 16 september 1920 17 april 1945 was a dutch communist. This is an entertaining movie about the dutch resistance in ww2.
Johnson napoleon being black and successful in america youtube. Remembering the dutch resistance is the international awardwinning documentary that captures the compelling story and eyewitness account of six survivors in wartorn netherlands during world war ii. The dutch resistance to the nazi occupation of the netherlands during world war ii can be mainly characterized as nonviolent. For a similar book, see it cant happen here signet classics. Child evacuations in the hunger winter shows how 140,000 hungry and malnourished dutch kids from the no rthern cities were evacuated to the countryside under nazi occupation, after supply lines h ad bee n cut so that neither food nor fuel nor electricity were reaching amsterdam and their neighbors. With her hair dyed blonde, rachel can easily pass for a gentile, and when the leader of the dutch resistance movement learns his son has been captured by axis forces, rachel is asked to use her. The rebellion hard to resist book 5 english edition ebook. Two world war ii resistance films worth watching by. After marrying richard scharrer, the son of the dutch resistance hero henry, who features significantly in this book, she lived for four years in holland before. The dutch resistance museum 2000 schaepman, antoinette.
With carice van houten, sebastian koch, thom hoffman, halina reijn. This compelling book recognizes the astonishing bravery of three young dutch women, resistance fighters who willingly risked their lives to seek and kill their nazi targets. Nonfiction books about the netherlands, and the dutch. I guess it focuses more on the relationshipsromace rather than the mc side. Two world war ii resistance films worth watching globalecco.
Starting with small, passive gestures and rapidly gaining momentum over the months and years to come, resistance to the nazis formed in every occupied country. Zwartboek is a 2006 war drama thriller film cowritten and directed by paul verhoeven and starring carice van houten, sebastian koch, thom hoffman, and halina reijn. Erik hazelhoff roelfzema, whose life was described in his book and made into a film and a musical soldaat van oranje. This book is about one of the newer band members, derrick and his first and only love he left behind, jaymes, in. B iographers and many dutch people who lived through world war ii have doubted the participation of a young audrey hepburn in work for the resistance against the nazis, saying, she was just a. Resistance is an enjoyable read, it took me until around 25% before i started to really get into it. How a young audrey hepburn helped the dutch resistance during world war ii. After the war, her family found her diary hidden in a wardrobe. I found it to be a little light for a mc book, while there were some shoot outs and a bit of violencetorture the guys seemed a bit too and polite for a mc.
The dutch resistance to the nazi occupation of the netherlands during world war ii can be. That is, i have to wait until halfway through to become really interested. The earlier chapters were so slow moving that i really wanted to give up the book. A number of books and movies have been made about her. The most popular dutch movie made, although i personally feel that admiral was better, but that is just my personal opinion. The untold story of the dutch resistance during marketgarden 2007 fiske, mel, and christina radich. Nonfiction books about the netherlands, and the dutch, during world war ii the goal of this list is to gather books in english about world war ii, the holocaust, the german occupation, the dutch east indies, etc. Bosnian war and the left balkan barbarism since the destruction of the yugoslav deformed workers state and the emergence of procapitalist governments in its former republics, the balkans has seen the revival of a phenomenon that had for many years been thought to be a thing of a dark and distant past. I feel however that the movie is a bit liberal regarding the secrecy that was necessary to keep people in hiding safe from the nazis. In the nazioccupied netherlands during world war ii, a jewish singer infiltrates the regional gestapo headquarters for the dutch resistance. The dutch republic represents the fruit of 12 years of research, contemplation and writing, and brims over with interesting detail.
This novel should be of particular interest to jews, as it portrays a hypothetical fascist america. The dutch in the atlantic slave trade, 16001815 johannes. The book also aims to give belated acknowledgement to the largely ignored contributions to the resistance of dutch jews, who are widely seen. Finding the conditions for liberation anderson, william c. This book outlines what these girls did for the resistance, retaliations by german forces and some of the events that occurred in the netherlands. This study helps to fill a major void in the literature on african american politics, third parties, and mass movements. Presenting a thorough analysis of the dutch participation in the transatlantic slave trade, this book is based upon extensive research in dutch archives. Much of europe fell quickly under the shadow of german occupation at the outset of world war ii. Black book tells the moving story of a young jewish woman who joins the resistance in the hague and gets entangled in a deadly web of doubledealing and betrayal. The dutch resistance and the oss 2012 bentley, stewart.
Looking at the title, i thought that it would be a play of the idiom. The primary organizers were the communist party, churches, and independent groups. The plot against america is also somewhat of a political thriller, and the novels portrayal of the presidency definitely carries contemporary relevance, considering the 2016 election. At 97, dutch resistance hero works to give jewish fighters overdue. Nonagenarian writes first book on her own remarkable survival story and puts the record straight about vital contributions of dutch jewry in. After marrying richard scharrer, the son of the dutch resistance hero henry, who features significantly in this book, she lived for four years in holland before returning to south africa. Over 300,000 people were hidden from german authorities in the autumn of 1944 by 60,000 to 200,000 illegal landlords and caretakers.