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Annexation

Stichting Film en Wetenschap | Historisch Geluidsarchief RUU
 
Time period: 1945-1949
Number of interviews: 4
Accessibility: for research purposes
Transcripts: none
Period of interviews: 03/1967
Remarks:

Type interview: scientific

The collection has not yet been digitized and therefore cannot be viewed directly at Sound & Vision. Digitization can, however, be requested from Sound & Vision via: zakelijk@beeldengeluid.nl

Medium: 7 audio tapes
 

After World War II, the Netherlands wanted to annex large parts of Germany as compensation for the damage suffered during the war. In a series of interviews held by the Film and Science Foundation, four interviewees were asked about their motivations for their position in the discussion about the possible annexation of German territories by the Netherlands immediately after the war. The following individuals were interviewed by A.P. van Goudoever, A.A.M. van Schaik, R.L. Schuursma and Sj. Vellenga:

 

  • Mr. J.A.H.J. van der Dussen: During the occupation, Van der Dussen, mayor of Hengelo at the time, repeatedly showed his dislike for the practices and ideology of the occupying forces, resulting in “the necessary conflicts,” as described in the book “Hengelo in wartime” (Jan-Pieter van Vree, 1985), which mentions “numerous confrontations” with the German authorities and the NSB. On June 5, 1942, Van der Dussen was arrested and transferred to Camp Beekvliet in Sint-Michielsgestel. After the war, he again became mayor of Hengelo, this time from 1945 to 1951.
  • G.B.J. Hiltermann: He worked for De Telegraaf for some time. In 1942 he resigned from the newspaper, according to his own account, because the Germans forced the newspaper to publish an anti-Semitic article. After that, he was one of the co-founders of Elsevier, which first appeared after the war.
  • Mrs. Dr. H. Verwey-Jonker: Even before World War II, she devoted herself to the reception of Jewish refugees in the Dommel House, and she remained involved throughout the war. Together with her husband, she also supported the Philips Command in Camp Vught.
  • Politician F.J. Goedhart: After the outbreak of World War II, Goedhart illegally published Pieter ‘t Hoen’s Newsletter, which contained political opinion articles about the situation the Netherlands had found itself in. In January 1942, Goedhart was arrested along with politician Herman Wiardi Beckman on the beach at Scheveningen while attempting to flee to England. Goedhart was sentenced to death, but managed to escape in a transport from the Vught camp on August 2, 1943.