Freddie was part of an armed resistance group together with her sister Truus and Hannie Schaft. Freddie carried out dangerous resistance work, including several assassinations, while she was still a young girl. In the interview, Freddie candidly discusses her role as a young teenager in a resistance group and the mutual trust, romantic feelings, and position vis-à-vis the outside world.
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Adriaan was a boy from Rotterdam who fell in love with his Jewish neighbor. One day, to his dismay, she was gone. Later, he became involved in the resistance and was arrested. Adriaan never stopped thinking about his great love, and it took him a long time to realize that she would never return.
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John experienced the war intensely from the age of ten to fifteen. From September 1941, John had to attend a Jewish school. Children were constantly disappearing from his class. John tried to survive by shutting off his feelings. His father, mother, and brother did not survive the war. John escaped from the Hollandsche Schouwburg and went into hiding. His story is full of nuances and insights. In this excerpt, he talks about his first love.
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Sieny and Harry Cohen were interviewed separately about their memories of their love for each other during the war. Sieny and Harry met around the Hollandsche Schouwburg, where Sieny worked in the nursery and Harry worked for the Jewish Council. Amidst the great tensions and misery, their love blossomed and they quickly married before going into hiding.