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Conductor Willem Mengelberg
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Occupied City

Conductor Willem Mengelberg appealed to keep the Jewish membersof the orchestra

Conductor Willem Mengelberg appealed to keep the Jewish members
of the orchestra

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Conductor Willem Mengelberg
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appealed to keep the Jewish members of the orchestra.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:28
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...
Many musicians ended up in Barneveld, - Occupied City 00:10
Many musicians ended up in Barneveld,
Ultimately, most were sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp. - Occupied City 00:07
Ultimately, most were sent to Theresienstadt concentration c...
Mengelberg continued to advocate for Jewish artists, - Occupied City 00:13
Mengelberg continued to advocate for Jewish artists,
During the last winter of the war, known as the Hunger Winter, - Occupied City 00:10
During the last winter of the war, known as the Hunger Winte...
A Christmas concert did take place in 1944: - Occupied City 00:15
A Christmas concert did take place in 1944:
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...