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Amalia B. was born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands on August 23, 1939. She recounts her parents’ upbringing. Her mother’s family was religious and her father’s was not. Her father was the director of a milk factory laboratory and one of his lab assistants worked in the Dutch resistance. Amalia was taken to stay with this family. She didn’t go into hiding until 1942 when she was three years old. Amalia doesn’t ...

Marion C. was born on November 28, 1936 in Berlin, Germany. She describes her family. She explains that her parents’ businesses were destroyed during Kristallnacht. She describes how her parents were assigned to do slave labour within the city while she stayed in a daycare centre. She describes her father’s attempt to have their family smuggled across the Swiss border and his arrest. Marion describes ...

Louise S. was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1929. She recalls her large extended family. She describes her family moving to Amsterdam in 1942 due to raids and increased anti-Jewish restrictions. She recalls hiding during raids and her parents hiding their valuables. Louise describes being placed in hiding with a non-Jewish relative in Hilversum. She recalls being transferred to a different location ...

Marion C. was born in Berlin, Germany in 1936. She describes her paternal family. She describes how her family store was destroyed during Kristallnacht. She recalls how her parents had to do forced labour in the city. She describes how her mother switched their identity cards with a friend. She describes their escape across the Dutch border. She recalls being separated from her mother and going into ...

Susan Q. was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1923 to a prominent Sephardic family. She describes a large extended family. She recalls the German invasion and occupation. She describes learning trades such as dressmaking and nursing, including working at Jewish hospital. She describes her parents’ deportation to Westerbork in 1942 and their release after a friend provided false papers. She recalls ...

Louise S. was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands on February 12, 1929. She moved to Naarden, a suburb of Amsterdam at age 6. She describes her family and their pre-war life. She recalls her experiences at school. She recalls her father’s attempts to leave Holland. She recalls the German occupation. She describes increased anti-Jewish regulations. She describes incidents of hiding possessions from confiscation ...

Estera K. was born in Lopshka [Łopuszka Mała, Poland] near the big city of Kańczuga. She describes her family and their religious life. She recalls going to a compulsory Catholic school. She describes the Jewish community and incidents of antisemitism. She recalls wishing her family would leave Poland but they were reluctant despite escalating tensions. Estera left with a cousin to go to Holland and ...

Louise S. was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1929. She describes her family as assimilated. She recalls moving to Bussum and attending school in Amsterdam. She discusses her family’s plans to emigrate and the German invasion prior to their departure date. She recalls anti-Jewish laws expelling her from school and forced relocation in Amsterdam. She describes attending a Jewish school. She describes ...

Bella K. was born in 1909 in Amsterdam. She recalls her memories of the First World War. She explains the history of Jews in Amsterdam and describes the community. She describes her participation in a socialist youth organization. She describes antisemitism before the war and the rise of the National Socialist Movement [Nationaal Socialistische Beweging] in Holland. She married and had children. She ...

Erna S. was born in Przasnysz, Poland on February 15, 1923. She describes her family and their strong religious faith. She describes the Jewish community and changes after 1933. She discusses the destruction of her family’s business and fleeing to Białystok. She describes being sent to a Soviet labour camp and the conditions. Erna recalls her family moving to Arkhangel’sk after the German invasion ...

"In the documentary The Short Life of Anne Frank the story of her life is told through quotations from her diary, unique photographs from the Frank Family albums and historical film extracts. It also includes the only film footage of Anne Frank… [The film] tells not only the story of Anne Frank, her diary, her family and the secret annex, but also of the Second World War and the persecution of the ...

"In the darkest days of World War II, Jewish fugitives attempt to escape occupied Holland—only to face a Nazi ambush. Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten) alone survives the attack and joins the Dutch Resistance to avenge her family. She soon confronts the ultimate test: she must infiltrate German headquarters by tempting Captain Ludwig Muntze (Sebastian Koch). In the heat of passion, he uncovers her duplicity, ...