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In a suicide note "Before we depart,I send you a final greeting

In a suicide note
addressed to their neighbours, Ellie Wolfsbergen wrote: "Before we depart,
I send you a final greeting

Full Transcript

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In a suicide note addressed to their neighbours,
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Ellie Wolfsbergen wrote:
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"Before we depart, I send you a final greeting.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
02:25:57
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...
Fred agrees with us, - Occupied City 00:06
Fred agrees with us,
Any of you who wish to do so, - Occupied City 00:10
Any of you who wish to do so,
104 Eerste Helmersstraat, Wilhelmina Hospital. - Occupied City 00:06
104 Eerste Helmersstraat, Wilhelmina Hospital.
In 1942, the Germans changed the name to West hospital. - Occupied City 00:06
In 1942, the Germans changed the name to West hospital.
Just after the Dutch capitulation, - Occupied City 00:08
Just after the Dutch capitulation,
156 suicides were recorded in 1940 in Amsterdam, - Occupied City 00:09
156 suicides were recorded in 1940 in Amsterdam,
128 of these cases concerned Jewish people. - Occupied City 00:06
128 of these cases concerned Jewish people.
Often, entire families died, including children. - Occupied City 00:06
Often, entire families died, including children.
The cause of death was usually gas asphyxiation, - Occupied City 00:08
The cause of death was usually gas asphyxiation,
Several people drowned themselves in the river Amstel. - Occupied City 00:05
Several people drowned themselves in the river Amstel.
The Germans installed an Air Force military hospital here, - Occupied City 00:09
The Germans installed an Air Force military hospital here,
An auxiliary hospital was opened elsewhere in the city - Occupied City 00:07
An auxiliary hospital was opened elsewhere in the city
Almost done. - Occupied City 00:08
Almost done.
In November 1944 - Occupied City 00:11
In November 1944
Nurses who refused to do this work were suspended or fired. - Occupied City 00:06
Nurses who refused to do this work were suspended or fired.
The soldiers were not allowed to return to their units, - Occupied City 00:08
The soldiers were not allowed to return to their units,
213 Nieuwe Herengracht, - Occupied City 00:08
213 Nieuwe Herengracht,
He was murdered in Sobibor in 1943. - Occupied City 00:06
He was murdered in Sobibor in 1943.
The house became a temporary refuge - Occupied City 00:10
The house became a temporary refuge
After the war, De Vries’ son-in-law Jac van de Kar, - Occupied City 00:16
After the war, De Vries’ son-in-law Jac van de Kar,