Dutch resistance
WWII Holland underground
The Dutch resistance refers to the organized opposition to Nazi German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II (1940–1945).
Activities ranged from hiding Jewish families and Allied soldiers to publishing underground newspapers, sabotaging infrastructure, and armed resistance.
The Dutch resistance helped thousands of Jews escape deportation.
The term sometimes appears in discussions of civilian resistance movements generally.
- warArmed struggle between groups
- underground pressRadical countercultural publishing network
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- World War IISecond global military conflict
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
Anne Frank · strike actions · Normandy landings · liberation · Gestapo · Nazis · moral courage · safe houses · defiance · coded messages · underground network · royal exile · Allies · German invasion · clandestine · false papers · identity documents · ration cards
Dutch resistancecollaborators
People who work jointly
quislings · Wehrmacht · Nazi collaborators · traitors · occupation forces
Dutch resistancecollaboration
Joint intellectual work
betrayal · complicity · treachery · informing · denunciation
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