The secret diary of Arnold Douwes: rescue in the occupied Netherlands

"In the Netherlands, the myth that resistance to Nazi occupation was high among all sectors of the population has retained a strong hold, and yet many Dutch Jews fell victim to deportation and annihilation in the camps of Eastern Europe. How could a country that prided itself on its tolerance,...

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Main Author: Douwes, Arnold 1906-1999 (Author)
Contributors: Moore, Bob 1954- (Editor) ; Houwink ten Cate, Johannes Th. M. 1956- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Bloomington Indiana University Press [2019]
In:Year: 2019
Reviews:The Secret Diary of Arnold Douwes: Rescue in the Occupied NetherlandsBob Moore and Johannes Houwink ten Cate (2021) (Braun, Robert)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Drenthe / Jewish persecution / Hiding-place / Resistance / History 1940-1945
B Douwes, Arnold 1906-1999 / Nieuwlande (Drenthe) / History 1943-1944
Further subjects:B Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
B Jews Persecutions (Netherlands)
B Diary
B Douwes, Arnold Diaries
B Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) (Netherlands)
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Summary:"In the Netherlands, the myth that resistance to Nazi occupation was high among all sectors of the population has retained a strong hold, and yet many Dutch Jews fell victim to deportation and annihilation in the camps of Eastern Europe. How could a country that prided itself on its tolerance, adherence to legal norms, and democratic government have been the site of such an enormous tragedy? Even while Nazi arrests of Jews were taking place, Arnold Douwes, a gardener and restless adventurer, headed a clandestine network of resistance and rescue. Douwes had spent time in the United States and France and was arrested several times by the police after his return to the Netherlands in 1940. Keenly aware that he was doing something important, he started a diary in the summer of 1943. He hid some 35 small notebooks in jam jars at safe houses in the vicinity of his base in Nieuwlande (Drenthe). After the war, he dug the notebooks up and transcribed them, adding several postwar sections with scrupulous notations. Bob Moore has translated Douwes's diary into English for the first time, and he and co-editor Johannes Houwink ten Cate have added a historical and contextual introduction, annotations, and a glossary for readers who may not be familiar with Dutch technical terms or places. Organized chronologically, and remaining largely as Douwes originally wrote it, the diary sheds light on the successes-and failures-of this important Dutch rescue network"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0253044189