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This is the seventh post in a series about American high school students’ impressions on a presentation about the Netherlands in World War Two. Click here for the introduction to said presentation.
I told the students the following story as an example of how even ordinary people, who were not in the resistance, who were just trying to survive, were faced with decisions that affected lives. Continue reading
Posted in High School, History, Holland
Tagged American high school students, American history education, amerkaanse middelbare scholieren, education, europe, firearms, geschiedenis onderwijs Verenigde Staten, guns, history, Netherlands, personal stories, persoonlijke verhalen, resistance, tweede wereldoorlog, verzet, vuurwapens, World War Two, WWII
This is the sixth post in a series about American high school students’ impressions on a presentation about the Netherlands in World War Two. Click here for the introduction to said presentation.
“The resistance” was anyone who thwarted the German occupation and the German war effort in any way.
They could be teenagers, like high school boys and their teachers who organized into gangs, or men spying and communicating by illegal radio with the government in exile and with the allied forces.
The resistance was involved in hiding Jews, providing the allied forces with information, Continue reading
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