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Occupied City

The following month, the illegal communist newspaper "Train drivers, considerthat each...

The following month, the illegal communist newspaper
The Truth issued an appeal: "Train drivers, consider
that each train loaded with slaves transported by you,
is headed to the slaughterhouse!" Dutch Railways drove
around 140 so-called "Jew trains" from Amsterdam to Westerbork

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The following month,
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the illegal communist newspaper The Truth issued an appeal:
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"Train drivers, consider that each train loaded with slaves
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transported by you, is headed to the slaughterhouse!"
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Dutch Railways drove around 140 so-called "Jew trains"
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from Amsterdam to Westerbork.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
03:44:49
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...
It is estimated that a quarter of Amsterdam's Jews - Occupied City 00:07
It is estimated that a quarter of Amsterdam's Jews
On the request of the Dutch government in exile, - Occupied City 00:12
On the request of the Dutch government in exile,
The first trains with the camp survivors - Occupied City 00:07
The first trains with the camp survivors
Rita Boas returned from Ravensbrück via Sweden. - Occupied City 00:05
Rita Boas returned from Ravensbrück via Sweden.
Later she recalled: - Occupied City 00:08
Later she recalled:
I heard people say we should be glad - Occupied City 00:06
I heard people say we should be glad
Of the 107,000 Jews that were deported from the Netherlands - Occupied City 00:08
Of the 107,000 Jews that were deported from the Netherlands
This is the highest percentage of occupied Western Europe. - Occupied City 00:05
This is the highest percentage of occupied Western Europe.
Amsterdam lost more than 60,000 of its 80,000 Jewish inhabitants. - Occupied City 00:07
Amsterdam lost more than 60,000 of its 80,000 Jewish inhabit...
Regular train service resumed on the 21st of June 1945, - Occupied City 00:08
Regular train service resumed on the 21st of June 1945,
In June 1940, - Occupied City 00:12
In June 1940,
The stand stayed in place for the remainder of the war, - Occupied City 00:08
The stand stayed in place for the remainder of the war,
The Nazi press wrote in 1941: - Occupied City 00:14
The Nazi press wrote in 1941:
Sound check, sound check, one... - Occupied City 00:07
Sound check, sound check, one...
The Bijenkorf department store. - Occupied City 00:05
The Bijenkorf department store.
In June 1940 - Occupied City 00:09
In June 1940
Many of the Bijenkorf's staff were Jewish, - Occupied City 00:07
Many of the Bijenkorf's staff were Jewish,
The lunchroom on the top floor on the other hand - Occupied City 00:06
The lunchroom on the top floor on the other hand
In February 1941 - Occupied City 00:07
In February 1941
When the yellow star badges were introduced - Occupied City 00:14
When the yellow star badges were introduced