3.4 Occupation of the Netherlands

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The occupation of the Netherlands

Invasion in the Netherlands

* Neutral -> attacked

* May 10, 1940

* A lot resistance

* bomb the centre of Rotterdam

* May 15 1940 capitulated

Consequences occupation

Politico-administrative

* German government

Consequences occupation

Economic

* Shortage of labour and products in Germany 

* Dutch men put to work in Germany

* Shortages of food, clothes and fuel -> Netherlands

* Rationed -> coupons

Consequences occupation

Cultural

* End to freedom of speech

* Censorship

* No radios allowed

Consequences occupation

Daily life

* Restrictions and violence

* Jews -> extermination camps

* 73% was murderd

Resistance

* Worked against the Germans

* Illegal newspapers

* Helped jews

* Carried out attacks

* 2.000 resistance fighters murderd

February Strike

* 1941

* Workers went on strike for two days

* Protest against the persecution of the Jews

* Germans shot the strike leaders

Collaboration

* Working with the enemy

* NSB

* Anton Mussert

* Similair ideas to the NSDAP

When did the Germans invade the Netherlands?

1. 1948
2. 1933
3. 1940
4. 1941

Name two cultural changes in the Netherlands due to the occupation of the Germans

During the occupation there was a lot of shortages of food. How did they try to distribute the food?

Occupation of the Netherlands

Occupation of Indonesia

Both

Forced labour 

Occupied by the Germans

Occupaid by Japan

Extermination camps

Occupied till 5 may 1945

Occupied till 15 aug 1945

Antisemitism

Extermination camps

Holocaust

Genocide

Shoah

Means disaster in Hebrew

Murder of a people

Camp with the aim to kill as many prisoners as possible

Hatred against the Jews

Murder on 6 milion Jews

Collaboration

Resistance

De NSB

February Strike

Printing illegal newspapers

Helping with the Round-Ups

Assignments

Make the assignments of paragraph 3.4

We will discuss the answers of the important years and dates at the end of the lesson

Discuss the anwers of the import years and dates