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Reinier Brentjes, the war diary of a Rotterdam citizen

Below you’ll find the diary, kept by Reiner Brentjes (1917-1996) from Rotterdam in the period between May 10 up to ...

By Arnold Palthe | 16 July, 2025

Eyewitness testimony - Reports from citizens

M.A. Bogaerts-Bechtold, the Hinthamerpark during the liberation of Den Bosch

The following text was found in a small notebook written by Mrs M.A. Bogaerts-Bechtold (born August 10, 1925 and died ...

By Sebastiaan Berends | 4 May, 2025

Eyewitness testimony - Reports from citizens

M.A. Bogaerts-Bechtold, the Hinthamerpark during the liberation of Den Bosch

The following text was found in a small notebook written by Mrs M.A. Bogaerts-Bechtold (born August 10, 1925 and died ...

By Sebastiaan Berends | 4 May, 2025

Eyewitness testimony - Reports from citizens

Friendly fire on Wolfheze

The following text tells the story of Dick van ‘t Land. As a 17-year-old boy, he survived the bombing on ...

By Sebastiaan Berends | 8 November, 2024

Eyewitness testimony - Reports from citizens

Catrien from Texel, letters about the Georgian rebellion

The following story is an eyewitness account of the Texel tragedy. It is a relatively unknown uprising of Georgians stationed ...

By Lisanne Wehl | 15 July, 2023

Eyewitness testimony - Reports from citizens

Matilda Weyergang, experiences in the Berlin Fire Defence Service

During the Second World War pressure began to mount on German cities as a result of the allied bombing campaign, ...

By Samuel de Korte | 28 March, 2020

Eyewitness testimony - Reports from citizens

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Anton de Man: hommage to an Allied pilot

March 17, 1945. I suddenly heard the sound of aeroplanes. The German soldiers heard it as well and came outside, ...

By Sebastiaan Berends | 1 January, 1970

Eyewitness testimony - Reports from citizens