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A Christmas concert did take place in 1944
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A Christmas concert "Candles were only litat the music stands, and the atmosphere this...

A Christmas concert
did take place in 1944: "Candles were only lit
at the music stands, and the atmosphere this created
was less fairy-tale than ghostly," wrote Nel Bakker in her memoirs

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A Christmas concert did take place in 1944:
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"Candles were only lit at the music stands,
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and the atmosphere this created was less fairy-tale than ghostly,"
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wrote Nel Bakker in her memoirs.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:16
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...
Scattered around the audience - Occupied City 00:06
Scattered around the audience
Afterwards, everyone left silently and invisibly in the dark, - Occupied City 00:09
Afterwards, everyone left silently and invisibly in the dark...
At the orchestra's first performance after liberation, - Occupied City 00:15
At the orchestra's first performance after liberation,
Mengelberg was banned from conducting for life, - Occupied City 00:08
Mengelberg was banned from conducting for life,
Anti-riot squad, go on. - Occupied City 00:05
Anti-riot squad, go on.
VOICE-OVER: 28 P.C. Hoofstraat. Vineta Bar. - Occupied City 00:06
VOICE-OVER: 28 P.C. Hoofstraat. Vineta Bar.
In 1940, this café was one of the first in Amsterdam - Occupied City 00:11
In 1940, this café was one of the first in Amsterdam
Portraits of Adolf Hitler, Herman Göring - Occupied City 00:10
Portraits of Adolf Hitler, Herman Göring
The German police often organised parties in the bar. - Occupied City 00:05
The German police often organised parties in the bar.
39 and 41 P.C. Hoofstraat. - Occupied City 00:05
39 and 41 P.C. Hoofstraat.
Simons, a shop selling office supplies and souvenirs. - Occupied City 00:07
Simons, a shop selling office supplies and souvenirs.
The partly Jewish family running the shop lived upstairs, - Occupied City 00:08
The partly Jewish family running the shop lived upstairs,
When roundups of Jews were taking place, - Occupied City 00:08
When roundups of Jews were taking place,
In her memoirs she tells - Occupied City 00:06
In her memoirs she tells
Eva was afraid that if the Simons family were taken by the Germans, - Occupied City 00:08
Eva was afraid that if the Simons family were taken by the G...
The shopkeeper's daughter, Eka Simons, was arrested at a deserted house - Occupied City 00:10
The shopkeeper's daughter, Eka Simons, was arrested at ...
When a senior German officer visited the shop, - Occupied City 00:08
When a senior German officer visited the shop,
The officer in question had his eye on a large doll in the shop window. - Occupied City 00:08
The officer in question had his eye on a large doll in the s...
She claimed that it was for display only, and wasn't for sale. - Occupied City 00:06
She claimed that it was for display only, and wasn't fo...
The officer persisted that he wanted the doll for his little daughter, - Occupied City 00:10
The officer persisted that he wanted the doll for his little...