4.6 The Netherlands during WW2 (part 2)

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4.6 The Netherlands during WW2

At the end of this lesson...

• You will be able to explain the meaning of accommodation, collaboration and resistance. 

What do you remember?

Tiny quiz!!

Who is this man?

1. Adolf Hitler
2. Arthur Seyss-Inquart
3. Heinrich Himmler
4. Joseph Goebbels

Put the following events in the right order:

1

2

3

4

5

6

Click on the ''eye'' icons to read the events.

The Netherlands becomes a part of Germany

The Netherlands mobilises

The government goes into exile.

The Netherlands surrenders.

Germany attacks the Netherlands.

Rotterdam gets bombed by the Germans.

New subject matter

Make notes!

There are three ways one could behave during the war

Accommodation

• To adjust.
• Most people adjusted themselves during the war. They went on with their lives the best they could. 

Resistance

Two kinds:

• Passive: reading illegal newspapers, listening to radio oranje, etc.
• Active: helping jewish people hide, writing illegal newspapers, etc.

Collaboration

• Working with the German occupiers. 
• Example: joining the German army voluntarily, being part of the NSB, etc. 

During WW2 the NS used their trains to deport Jews.

This is collaboration

This is accommodation

This is resistance

During WW2 people would sign an Aryan Declaration to prove they belonged to the Aryan race. Most people did this to keep their job.

This accommodation

This is collaboration

This is resistance.

• The Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging (NSB), collaborated with the Germans. It is the only political organisation that is allowed to exist.

• The leader of the NSB, Anton Mussert, may call himself 'Leader of the Dutch people'. But the Germans are the ones actually in charge. 
  

All carrier pigeons had to be killed. 

Pigeons fly around freely and are able to bring 

messages to the allied forces.

 Pigeon feet with a ring have to be  

handed in as proof. 

Homework

Paragraph 4.6 exercise 1 to 4