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Occupied City

A bullet struck Sigi Mendels, a Jewish boy who had venturedoutside for the first time...

A bullet struck Sigi Mendels, a Jewish boy who had ventured
outside for the first time after hiding for years

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A bullet struck Sigi Mendels,
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a Jewish boy who had ventured outside for the first time
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after hiding for years.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:07:35
Uploaded
Apr 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, history, war
Production
Family Affair Films,Lammas Park,VPRO,Regency Enterprises,A24,Film4 Productions

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Movie Summary

The past collides with the present in this excavation of the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam: a journey from World War II to recent years of pandemic and protest and a provocative, life-affirming reflection on memory, time and what's...
The Germans had imposed a curfew at the start of the occupation. - Occupied City 00:05
The Germans had imposed a curfew at the start of the occupat...
No one could be out between midnight and 4am. - Occupied City 00:05
No one could be out between midnight and 4am.
Only members of the air raid service were allowed outside. - Occupied City 00:06
Only members of the air raid service were allowed outside.
From September 1944 - Occupied City 00:08
From September 1944
The Germans hung up placards - Occupied City 00:07
The Germans hung up placards
VOICE-OVER: 9 Pijnackerstraat. Vredeskerk, or 'Peace Church'. - Occupied City 00:07
VOICE-OVER: 9 Pijnackerstraat. Vredeskerk, or 'Peace Ch...
In 1940, young parishioners set up a resistance group - Occupied City 00:08
In 1940, young parishioners set up a resistance group
They planned acts of sabotage, and an escape to England. - Occupied City 00:06
They planned acts of sabotage, and an escape to England.
Someone betrayed them, however, and several members were arrested. - Occupied City 00:06
Someone betrayed them, however, and several members were arr...
Frank and Jan Fontaine, Jan Kootwijk and Jaap Besters - Occupied City 00:08
Frank and Jan Fontaine, Jan Kootwijk and Jaap Besters
Catholic priests were not allowed to perform the sacraments - Occupied City 00:08
Catholic priests were not allowed to perform the sacraments
In July 1942 in all Catholic - Occupied City 00:12
In July 1942 in all Catholic
The Nazi's retaliated by arresting and deporting more than 200 Jews - Occupied City 00:09
The Nazi's retaliated by arresting and deporting more t...
The church bell was removed in 1942. - Occupied City 00:05
The church bell was removed in 1942.
Prior to the German invasion, - Occupied City 00:11
Prior to the German invasion,
It was partly thanks to this register - Occupied City 00:12
It was partly thanks to this register
Two thirds of those bells were melted down and turned into armaments. - Occupied City 00:06
Two thirds of those bells were melted down and turned into a...
There was a saying that 'When the bells are gone, the war is done', - Occupied City 00:13
There was a saying that 'When the bells are gone, the w...
On the night of the 4th of May 1945, - Occupied City 00:10
On the night of the 4th of May 1945,
Van Hardeveld, 21, was a messenger for the resistance. - Occupied City 00:06
Van Hardeveld, 21, was a messenger for the resistance.