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Occupied City

The buildingbecame the head office of Amsterdam’sAir Raid Defence Service, set up to help...

The building
became the head office of Amsterdam’s
Air Raid Defence Service, set up to help civilians
after a bombardment

Full Transcript

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The building became the head office
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of Amsterdam’s Air Raid Defence Service,
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set up to help civilians after a bombardment.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
02:37:51
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 every quarter of the city the Service built shelters - Occupied City 00:09
In every quarter of the city the Service built shelters
Volunteers made their rounds every night. - Occupied City 00:05
Volunteers made their rounds every night.
Resistance workers often took this job, - Occupied City 00:08
Resistance workers often took this job,
At headquarters compulsory courses in self-protection were given, - Occupied City 00:11
At headquarters compulsory courses in self-protection were g...
They announced in the newspapers: - Occupied City 00:19
They announced in the newspapers:
The largest air raid took place in July 1943. - Occupied City 00:06
The largest air raid took place in July 1943.
The allied bombs were meant for the Fokker aircraft factory, - Occupied City 00:09
The allied bombs were meant for the Fokker aircraft factory,
But due to low visibility - Occupied City 00:11
But due to low visibility
A church, a police station - Occupied City 00:07
A church, a police station
The municipality relocated the homeless - Occupied City 00:09
The municipality relocated the homeless
A week later planes of the RAF - Occupied City 00:09
A week later planes of the RAF
After the war this building housed the Evacuation Department, - Occupied City 00:10
After the war this building housed the Evacuation Department...
14 Kleine-Gartman Plantsoen. - Occupied City 00:05
14 Kleine-Gartman Plantsoen.
Detention Centre I, - Occupied City 00:07
Detention Centre I,
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: