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Book SynopsisThroughout history, students and artists have been in the forefront of struggles against tyranny. In Nazi-occupied Holland, Protestants, Catholics, Jews, non-believers, and Communists joined these patriots. Together, they fought Nazi efforts to plunder their county, suppress the people, and send more than 100,000 Dutch Jews to concentration camps. In this riveting narrative, author Barth Hoogstraten tells the stories of eleven ordinary citizens- a sculptor, a young female student, a middle-aged housewife, a banker, and a postal worker-who suddenly found themselves fighting for freedom. They were among the 1,671 Dutch men and women who paid the ultimate price for their heroism. Two were later declared national heroes and posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Hoogstraten, a survivor of the Nazi Occupation, provides rich details of the hardships, terrifying suspense, and sacrifice that characterized life during the Dutch resistance. Interspersed in this personal and spellbinding account, The Resistance Fighters captures the moments of humor, simple beauty, and love that persevered even in the darkest of days.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 A Word From the Author Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 1. The Man—Gerrit-Jan van der Veen Chapter 4 2. Hitler Needs and Excuse to Invade Holland Chapter 5 3. May 10, 1940—The Invasion Chapter 6 4. SS-General and Chief of the Gestapo Hanns Albin Rauter Chapter 7 5. The First Executions Chapter 8 6. Assimilate and Germanize Chapter 9 7. Gerrit-Jan Goes Underground Chapter 10 8. The V-Männer—The Confidence Men Chapter 11 9. Persoonsbewijs (PB)—Identity Card—Kennkarte Chapter 12 10. Making False Identity Cards Chapter 13 11. Did the Dutch Help Its Jews Enough? Chapter 14 12. Rauter Attacks Chapter 15 13. The Raid on the Citizen's Register Chapter 16 14. The Resistance Council Chapter 17 15. Oh God, Forgive Me Chapter 18 16. The R.A.F. Destroys 'Kleykamp' Chapter 19 17. Financing the Resistance Chapter 20 18. The Raid on the Government Printing Office Chapter 21 19. The Attack on the Weteringschans Prison Chapter 22 20. Weteringschans—The Second Attack Chapter 23 21. The Great Atrocities Chapter 24 22. Famine and Justice
