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