I opened the door myself
On May 4, 1942, 460 prominent Dutch people are arrested. Politicians, professors, clergy, musicians, lawyers, and writers are taken hostage in an attempt by the German occupiers to get a hold on the Dutch resistance.
On May 4, 1942, 460 prominent Dutch people are arrested. Politicians, professors, clergy, musicians, lawyers, and writers are taken hostage in an attempt by the German occupiers to get a hold on the Dutch resistance.
The hostages are housed in the large seminary in Haaren, the Kleinseminarie Beekvliet, and the boys' boarding school De Ruwberg in Sint-Michielsgestel. Inside the walls, they have relative freedom in their actions. When, on August 7, 1942, the Rotterdam resistance carries out a bombing attack on a German military site, the Germans are furious. They threaten to execute the hostages...
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