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Mechanicus was sent to Amersfoort concentration camp
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Mechanicus was sentto Amersfoort concentration camp and from there to Westerbork

Mechanicus was sent
to Amersfoort concentration camp and from there to Westerbork

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Mechanicus was sent to Amersfoort concentration camp
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and from there to Westerbork.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:44:14
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...
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Mechanicus kept a diary that was smuggled out of the transit...
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"I feel as if I'm live reporting from a shipwreck&...
In October 1944, Mechanicus was shot dead in Auschwitz. - Occupied City 00:07
In October 1944, Mechanicus was shot dead in Auschwitz.
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Koco, one of two ice cream parlours run by German Jewish ref...
The windows of their other parlour on Rijnstraat - Occupied City 00:12
The windows of their other parlour on Rijnstraat
A couple of days later, - Occupied City 00:10
A couple of days later,
Someone started pounding at the door, - Occupied City 00:10
Someone started pounding at the door,
But instead of the expected Blackshirts, - Occupied City 00:07
But instead of the expected Blackshirts,
For the Nazis this event was one of the grounds - Occupied City 00:10
For the Nazis this event was one of the grounds
Ernst Cahn was condemned to death by a Nazi court. - Occupied City 00:05
Ernst Cahn was condemned to death by a Nazi court.
On the 3rd of March 1941, - Occupied City 00:10
On the 3rd of March 1941,
Alfred Kohn died in 1945, - Occupied City 00:08
Alfred Kohn died in 1945,
9 De Mirandalaan, formerly Burgemeester van Leeuwenweg. - Occupied City 00:07
9 De Mirandalaan, formerly Burgemeester van Leeuwenweg.
From the 21st of May 1941, - Occupied City 00:08
From the 21st of May 1941,
The only pool at which they were allowed to swim was this one, - Occupied City 00:09
The only pool at which they were allowed to swim was this on...
Less than a month later, they were also banned from this last pool. - Occupied City 00:06
Less than a month later, they were also banned from this las...
All swimming pools closed in the autumn of 1944 - Occupied City 00:08
All swimming pools closed in the autumn of 1944
During the Hunger Winter, - Occupied City 00:08
During the Hunger Winter,
The wooden diving board was chopped up as well. - Occupied City 00:05
The wooden diving board was chopped up as well.
In the 1930s, - Occupied City 00:10
In the 1930s,