3VWO-BRICKS-H3.4-OCCUPATIONNETHERLANDS

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• Leerjaar 3

3.4: The German Occupation of the Netherlands

At the end of the lesson you:

Are able to explain that people in the Netherlands responded differently to the German occupation

Are able to give two examples

Name three things that happened in the Netherlands during WW2

Find a picture that symbolises the occupation of the Netherlands according to you

How it happened:

• 10 May: German army invades the Netherlands
  
  
• 14 May 1940: Germans bomb Rotterdam
  
  
• 15 May 1940: the Netherlands surrenders

What happened next?

• The NSB is made the only legal political party in the Netherlands
  
  
• Hitler appoints Seyss-Inquart to govern the Netherlands
  
  
• Some collaboration takes place: tens of thousands Dutch men join the German army

Example of collaboration?

Yes

No

Nazification

When the nazis used propaganda in order to try to persuade people to become national socialists as well

Example of nazification?

Yes

No

Do you think nazification worked
on a lot of Dutch people?

Yes, a lot

No, not a lot

In the middle

Get to work

1) Do question 1-3 of 3.4

Antisemitism in WO II

Antisemitism now

Anne Frank

nos.nl

www.annefrank.org

Show an example of nazification

Name three things you've learned, 2 things you thought were interesting and 1 question you still have