Articles on Holland (Nederland) in TIME (1923 – )
From London a Dutch voice spoke to Dutchmen to sabotage whenever a chance arises. At home, Dutchmen were already busy and the underground remains strong.
Dutchmen doing labor for the Nazis in Belgium, France and The Netherlands: “Commit acts of sabotage whenever a chance arises . . . damage highways, railroads, waterways. . . . Your chance is here to do your part in the liberation of your country. . . .”
At home, Dutchmen…
Underground tribunals sentenced 47 collaborationists to death. The NL. government in exile radioed instructions to stalwart Hollanders to resist the internment order by every possible means.
From conquered Europe came a spate of stories of sabotage and revolt. In themselves these acts did not threaten the Nazi regime, but they did demonstrate that Allied armies will not fight alone when Europe is invaded.
Yugoslavia. A German correspondent with Axis forces fighting against the Partisans wrote:
“Then…
In none of her unwilling provinces does the Third Reich find stiffer, more stubborn resistance than in The Netherlands.
In none of her unwilling provinces does the Third Reich find stiffer, more stubborn resistance than in The Netherlands. Focus of stolid Dutch hatred of the Nazis is a secret society called “Les Gueux” (The Beggars), blamed by the Germans for recent widespread riots. Fortnight ago, breathing brimstone, a German…