Introduction

Hello everybody,

Nice that you going to look on our web log.
We talk about the World War II.
This is for Geography and History.
We are getting marked for this project.
This is a short explanation of what we do.

We talk about:

- The Resistance

- NSBers

- Battle on Arnhem

- Dolle Dinsdag (Enraged Tuesday)

- Anne Frank

- Hunger Winter

Have fun on our web log!!
Greetings Marije, Boris and Chloë (from the Netherlands)

Presetations

My name is Boris, I'm 14 years old. I have two sisters (10 and 16 years old). I like to play computer games, listen to music and do other nice things. My hobbies are Playing Hockey, SCUBA diving and wall climbing. This was my presentation.

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Hello, I’m Marije Beens. I am 13 years old. My hobbies are playing soccer, talking with friends on the computer and going to friends. The music that I like can be different, but mostly it is music from the top 40. I have one older sister, she is 17 years old. She plays also soccer. The television programmes that I watch are mostly soaps or music programmes. I have 2 best friends, they are 13 too and they play also soccer. This was a short presentation about me.

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Hello I’m Chloë Karsseboom. My birthday is on 26 December 1992 so I’m 14 years old. I have 2 sisters, Cheyèn and Cartouche. My parent’s names are Heidi and Andy. I have also a dog and his name is Kenzo. I live in Zwolle. The name of the school is van der Capellen. It's a very nice school. I do a bilingual education so every lesson I have it in English. I have also hobbies, such as: tennis, reading, mane, shopping, listen to music. I play after school tennis. I like tennis very much. I like also other sports such as soccer and ice hockey. I listen to music such as top 40 music, hip hop and dance music. I have also a favourite country. I like Spain because my aunt and my uncle live there. I like normally from hotly countries such as Spain, Greece and Portugal.

This was a presentation about myself.

Photo's

This is Boris Cornelissen.

This is Chloë Karssenboom.

This is Marije Beens.

The Resistance

If you want in the resistance you should had a lot of courage. The men that self move wanted, worked mostly in small groups. How less men of it namely knew, how better. Sometimes this resistance groups had contact with other resistance groups. The Germans had then also heavy punishments for resistance fighters that they in hands got. Mostly that was the death penalty. The papers and the radios were checked by the Germans. There might things only in the paper stand that favourably were for the Germans. Because the radio also was checked listened men to radio orange. That was a secret radio station that from England was dispatched. A smaller group of men went yet further in the resistance against the Germans. This resistance men made for instance false 'identity cards'. An identity card was a kind of passport that you of the Germans always with you had to carry. Jews got for instance with a false identity card someone else name, and so could let 'see' that they NOT-Jewish were. Also there persons in hiding were helped. That were men that on the flight were for the Germans. Some resistance men used violence against the Germans. Vague names the Nazis then revenge. The Germans became because of the resistance town strand. Even the listening to 'Radio Orange' named move they. Mostly men of the resistance were shot down. In total, 8,000 resistance men got not the end of the war. They were picked up and murdered by the Germans.

Sources:

http://home.wanadoo.nl/hhvdijk/arjan/verzet.htm

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verzet_(procesrecht)

NSBers

In the beginning of the war many people thought that Hitler did a good job, so they helped Hitler. In the Netherlands there was a political party. The political party was called the NSB. That means in English the National Socialist Movement. It was found in Utrecht in 1931. Dutch people that were members of this group thought the same like the Nazi’s. They were friends of the German people. People call them land traitors. They wear black costumes and black boots. You could find them everywhere. On school, in shops and on work. Because them treason many people were arrested. Many people didn't trust anybody anymore, because everyone could be a member of the NSB.

sources:
http://www.spreekbeurten.info/wo2.html
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationaal-Socialistische_Beweging

Battle on Arnhem

When the Geallieerden armies slowly went to the Reich became the German opposition always larger. In a time over the Dutch rivers to come and then immediately to the Rurhterritory, where all German weapon industry stood, by being able to bump considered general Montgomery a plan that he "Operation Market Guards" named. With "Market" meant he the activities of the air landings troops that he would use the bridges to conquer, and with "Guards" meant he the activities of the British ground troops that then over the conquered bridges would go.

During "Operation Market Guards" for the dropping of soldiers mainly "Horsa" Mk-II became uses airplanes. This sailplanes could be opened in the middle of the trunk in two parts. These airplanes could 29 men or a 75-mm howitzer transport. For the transportation of vehicles as a jeep, artillery, light tank or a Bofors-airdefencecannon with accompanying hiker, the Britons approximately 38 Hamilcar sailplanes used. In total, the Geallieerde used 1545 airplanes and 478 sailplanes. Of German air defence, the Geallieerde little burden and the German Wulffs and Messerschmitt, German airplanes had, were also no danger for the Geallieerde airplanes. A many used Geallieerde buy gasoline was the “M5A1 Stuart". For the transport of men and material, the Geallieerden used during "Operation Market Guards" mainly the “M3A1 Halftrack". These risk became many uses because he on rough grounds wanted to ride, what usual trucks could not. He could or transport 13 soldiers or a mortier, antitank racket or an usual machine gun. Because of its 160 AX motor these a speed of 74 km risk wanted to get per hour. A good trained soldier wanted to get there 15 shots per minute with. Someone else gun that uses became was the "Sten Allow" through the Geallieerden. This gun became uses because of the easy use and the easily produce of this arm. Also there were arm no high production expense by this. And the Geallieerden had equipped a number of soldiers with a flame thrower. Against Tanks, they used the "Bazooka Antitank Rocket Launcher"The Germans had on this moment in the neighbourhood of Arnhem the Ninth and Tenth SS-armour division.

For the transportation of soldiers and weapons, the Germans used risk had been equipped mainly the "SdKfz 250" These with a "MG 34 machine gun". The dropping of the parachutists was the largest problem of the Geallieerden during "Operation Market Guards". There self all sorts of difficulties showed. For instance the division of Major General Urquhart, that in the neighbourhood of Arnhem had to land, and the bridge by Arnhem had to conquer had the problem that there in the neighbourhood of the large traffic bridge by Arnhem surplus air defence stood, through which it not possible was the parachutists that to let drop off. Already will the British dragging airplanes the curve to the south take will they between the American dragging airplanes come to fly through which they burden of each other would get. Urquhart had been forced are landings zones a piece of Arnhem thus round to choose. It was considerably that he good place would choose because a time ago by the dropping on Sicily the landing site not good had been chosen and the lose large were. The open heaths so 7 km to north of Arnhem fell off because it surplus hills and bushes was. Also was that grounds a little bit at the small side for so much airplanes. And the open grounds to south of the bridge by Arnhem was also not well because the soggy ground would be and because about it a number of ends walked through which it not possible was that to land. Firstly became there thought of two flights on one day; this plan were thrown off through the commanders that responsibly were for the troops transportation because there between the missions not sufficient times would be for maintenance of the airplanes, possible repairs that through sustained fights damage necessary were and rest for the crew. Someone else proposal had been made would become that the first flight in the dark and the second by the coming from the day. But that plan was rejected because the American crews, that a large part of the parachutists to their destination had to transport, not yet enough experience had with night fly and the previous occasions then they 's nights flown had – on Sicily and the peninsula Cotentin – the results appalling been were. Therefore for flights, on different days chosen became. The American 101ste Division must to north of end courts come down to conquer that city and the bridges over the Aa, South-willems speed, Doze and Wilhelminacanal. The American 82ste Division had to conquer the bridge over the Meuse by Tomb and the bridge over the Walloon with Nijmegen.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slag_om_Arnhem
http://www.marketgarden.com/2010/UK/frames.html

I source also in books:
Liddell Hart, Basil en Barrie Pit, Standaard Geillustreerde Geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog, Antwerpen 1990.
Star Busmann, C.W., De slag om Arnhem, Rotterdam 1978

Dolle dinsdag (Enraged Tuesday)

On 5th of September the Netherlands thought that the allied forces where coming far into the Netherlands.
But this wasn’t true this was a rumour from the people and premier Gerbrandy from radio Oranje.

After the D-day landing in Normandy beach the end of the W.W.2 started this is also where the rumours started to got told around by the people. The first days the allied forces where extremely fast moving further up into France, after a few weeks Belgium was totally free of the Germans. And rumours where told they still where moving up that far but it wasn’t that fast.
The b.b.c. also said that the allied forces where already over the Dutch borders but they had trouble with it. So Netherlands had to wait for the forces had freed the Netherlands.
But is reality only a few British units where over the borders and this was seen by a British spy. And he told this in Breda to a few people, they told this to their fiends and so was it told all over the Netherlands.
And soon was told in the north of the Netherlands that Breda was already free.
So on the 5th of September a lot of people where standing on the streets to receive the Canadians and Americans but: there where no Canadians or Americans coming towards the north. They where stuck in the middle of Limburg.
And in the Cities where the people where waiting for the allied forces all the Germans where scared and runned away. The Dutch people said ‘Good journey and the Greetings to Hitler’.
Also in the concentration camps the Germans runned away, the Jewish People where scared if they go out of their rooms they got shot.
So the Jewish staid in their rooms and waited in fear of the Germans.
But later was told that the rumours where false and later that evening everybody knew that it was not true. So only a small piece of The Netherlands Was free and the rest had to wait still long to the next year for the Delivery and the also the winter known as the hunger winter.

People are waiting for the allied forces.

Sources:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolle_Dinsdag
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/
http://www.nos.nl/archief/2005/nieuws/achtergronden/60jaarbevrijding/dolledinsdagfaq.html

Anne Frank

Anne Frank was a Jewish girl. Her real name was Anneliese Maria Frank. She was born on 12 July in 1929. She was born in Frankfurt am Mein in Germany. She has an older sister, her name was Margot Frank. She was born on 16 February in 1926. Anne and Margot were very different from each other, Anne was very playful and Margot was very calm and quiet. Anne was even very popular with the boys but she had very much problems on school. But Margot was very smart; she had no problems with school. The parents of Anne Frank were Otto and Edith Frank.

This are Anne(Left) and Margot(Right)


In 1933 they moved to Amsterdam, after the Nazi’s gained power in Germany. There was a lot of unemployment. The Nazi’s sad that it was the debt of the Jewish people. The Nazi’s sad that the Jewish are bad and unfair. Everyone believed in Hitler. So he got the power. The Jewish people couldn’t live a normal live anymore. In Amsterdam was it safe, that’s why the family Frank was moved to Amsterdam. It enjoy the family Frank very well.

In 1934, Anne Frank went to a new school, the Montesorischool. Anne was always together with Hanneli Goslar and Sanne Ledermann Her father started a new company where he sold ingredients to make marmalade.

But on 10 may 1940 was everything wrong, the German’s army attacked the Netherlands. The Germans wanted to know of there were Jewish people in the Netherlands. The people that were Jewish get a J in their pass-port and they must wear a yellow star on their clothes.


This is a Jewish star.


There came many rules. The Jewish people can’t be on the street in the evening, they couldn’t go shopping, and they should live in apart areas and many more rules.
On 1 December moved the companies of Anna’s father, Opekta and Pectacon to Prinsengracht 236 in Amsterdam.

This was Prinsengracht 236. This was the building where Anne and her Familie lived. The building had 3 floors and a loft. The below ground was used to store things. The first floor was used for office. The second floor was used to store things like ingredients for marmalada. On the second and third floor it had also a part behind it. It was called the achterhuis. Not only the family Frank lived in this building but also the family van Pels and Pfeffer.

The Jewish people couldn’t do lesser things then before, but the family Frank tried to make a nice time. On the 13e birthday of Anne in 1942, Anne gives a party for her friends. The most beautiful gift that was a white-red diary. Before Anna’s birthday had the family Frank, van Pels and Pfeffer talked about to hide for the Nazi’s. They thought that the achterhuis was a good place to hide. Kugler, Kleiman, Bep en Miep help the families. They work in the office and were staff members of Otto Frank. On 5 July it was definitely that they went to the achterhuis. The entry was behind a bookcase. There were some rules: In the office time the families should be quiet, the curtains should be closed and the toilet could not be used. Anne shared a room with Fritz Pfeffer, he was a dentist. She writes everything down in her diary.

4 Augustus 1944, a warm day. Everyone was doing his own thing. In the morning there came some cars for the actherhuis. There came some people out of the car. They sad that they known that there were Jewish people inside. They were discovered. They must to Westerbork to work there. They don’t get much food. On 27 October was a selection. The strongest could get work. Anne wasn’t choose, so Edith and Margot stayed too. Because there was not much food, Anne and Margot were very sick. 3 weeks before the liberation Anne and Margot dies.

Now, Anne Frank is very famous, because she had written a diary. She told about what her adventures are, and what she thought and felt. In 1947 were the first 1500 exemplars. In 1950 the diaries were even in Germans and French. And in 1951 the diaries were in English and Americans.

sources: http://www.spreekbeurten.info/frank.html

http://werkstuk.freddoweb.nl/annefrank/annefrankfr.htm

http://werkstuk.freddoweb.nl/afrank/afrankfr.htm

http://www.scholieren.com/werkstukken/10196

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank

Hunger winter

The winter in ’45 was the worst winter in the total History of the Netherlands.
Better known as the “Honger winter” this was the last winter of the 2nd World war.

The Hunger winter was caused by the failed “Operation Market Garden” this was by Arnhem and “Dolle dinsdag”. The queen and ministers who are escaped to England Said on the Dutch illegal radio (Radio Oranje) that the track workers and the machines man where not allowed to work any more so that the Germans can’t deliver weapons and ammo to the Netherlands. So the Germans where extremely strict and no more food could be brought into the Netherlands. This leaded to an shortage of food, so the people in the towns where extremely poor because of the high prices of the food and later the winter also was coming. The winter was also very very cold, so that causes a famine. The shortage of food causes the death of 20.000 people (only famine and cold). To warm the houses or at least the rooms where everybody comes the most (mostly the kitchen) trees where cut down and wooden blocks between the tram rails where stolen to burn in the stoves (in Dutch called wonderkacheltjes), sometimes even wooden poles from houses of removed Jews this was extremely dangerous because those house than would collapse.
People tried to get food from everywhere, so the women (not the man because they got arrested by the Germans and needed to work in Germany) had to walk for a very long time to get a bit of food for very much money. And sometimes the baggage of those women was controlled and in worst case scenario all the food needed to be given of and than the whole journey was just wasted time.

In those stoves people cooced thier food and warmed thier houses.

Later that winter the Germans started to realise that this was not good that so many people died so it was allowed that ships from Sweden brought flour to bake bread and later the B.52 Bombers From England dropped food packages. But for many people this food was already to late. And also took it weeks for all the packages whore divided under all the people.

This kid survived the Hunger winter

sources:

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongerwinterertocht
http://www.schooltv.nl/vroegerenzo/pagina.jsp?nr=vz_werkstuk&wsnr=135910#