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In his memoirs, this "good German",
as he was described, recalled that "I would sometimes question
what I was doing: by refusing
I wouldn’t save any lives, but I would run the risk
of being shot, depriving the resistance
of their contact man." Frans Hendrikx, the director
of the adjacent tennis park Amstel View, witnessed several executions
as he was described, recalled that "I would sometimes question
what I was doing: by refusing
I wouldn’t save any lives, but I would run the risk
of being shot, depriving the resistance
of their contact man." Frans Hendrikx, the director
of the adjacent tennis park Amstel View, witnessed several executions
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In his memoirs,
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this "good German",
as he was described,
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recalled that
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"I would sometimes question
what I was doing:
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by refusing
I wouldn’t save any lives,
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but I would run the risk
of being shot,
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depriving the resistance
of their contact man."
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Frans Hendrikx, the director
of the adjacent tennis park
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Amstel View,
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witnessed several executions.
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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...