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Detention Centre I, better knownas Weteringschans Prison

Detention Centre I, better known
as Weteringschans Prison

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Detention Centre I,
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better known as Weteringschans Prison.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
02:40:55
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...
In the German section of the jail - Occupied City 00:08
In the German section of the jail
The "Jewish barrack", a shelter without any sanitary facilities, - Occupied City 00:08
The "Jewish barrack", a shelter without any sanita...
A single cell could contain up to 16 inmates. - Occupied City 00:05
A single cell could contain up to 16 inmates.
Jewish prisoners were forced to walk around the yard - Occupied City 00:18
Jewish prisoners were forced to walk around the yard
Resistance fighters were held in "hunger cells" - Occupied City 00:06
Resistance fighters were held in "hunger cells"
After the war, Anton Beekman wrote: - Occupied City 00:19
After the war, Anton Beekman wrote:
Prisoners designated as "Todeskandidaten", - Occupied City 00:11
Prisoners designated as "Todeskandidaten",
If that happened, the wives of the executed men - Occupied City 00:08
If that happened, the wives of the executed men
The resistance made two attempts to free comrades from the prison. - Occupied City 00:05
The resistance made two attempts to free comrades from the p...
The first, on the night of the 1st of May 1944, - Occupied City 00:12
The first, on the night of the 1st of May 1944,
In the second raid in July, a Dutch prison guard - Occupied City 00:12
In the second raid in July, a Dutch prison guard
Around 25,000 people - Occupied City 00:12
Around 25,000 people
In September 1944 the rumour - Occupied City 00:08
In September 1944 the rumour
The prison director had most documents burned, - Occupied City 00:07
The prison director had most documents burned,
In September and November 1944, - Occupied City 00:08
In September and November 1944,
A day after liberation, all the prisoners were released. - Occupied City 00:06
A day after liberation, all the prisoners were released.
The Dutch Domestic Armed Forces - Occupied City 00:13
The Dutch Domestic Armed Forces
So-called "moffenhoeren", or "Kraut whores", - Occupied City 00:11
So-called "moffenhoeren", or "Kraut whores&qu...
This square between the Sephardic and the Ashkenazi synagogues - Occupied City 00:09
This square between the Sephardic and the Ashkenazi synagogu...
The German authorities changed the name to "Houtmarkt", - Occupied City 00:07
The German authorities changed the name to "Houtmarkt&q...