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    Under Nazi Rule: The Dutch in Wartime, Survivors Remember
    Under Nazi Rule: The Dutch in Wartime, Survivors Remember
    Under Nazi Rule: The Dutch in Wartime, Survivors Remember
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    Under Nazi Rule: The Dutch in Wartime, Survivors Remember

    By Mokeham

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    The Dutch in Wartime: Survivors Remember is a series of books with wartime memories of Dutch immigrants to North America, who survived the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands.
    Book 2, Under Nazi Rule, is about the hardships and fears of living through war and occupation. Every normal task becomes an almost impossible, sometimes dangerous, chore.
    Designed and written to be easily accessible to readers of all ages and backgrounds, these books contain important stories about the devastating effects of war and occupation on a civilian population.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMokeham
    Release dateDec 1, 2020
    ISBN9780991998173
    Under Nazi Rule: The Dutch in Wartime, Survivors Remember

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      War! War!

      John Eyking

      My father was a market gardener in Beverwijk and he was cutting spinach at 5 a.m. on May 10, 1940 when he ran into our house, waking the family by hollering war, war!. He had seen the parachutes dropping down in our neighborhood. We all gathered in front of our small black radio and listened to announcements and warnings about how to deal with strangers. One way we were told to check on them was to ask them to pronounce ‘Scheveningen’. Apparently only a Dutch person can pronounce that name correctly. At school that morning the Principal sent us home. For the rest of the war, we only went to school for half a day sharing the time with students from another school, because our school had been turned into a German barracks.

      The occupation troops demanded that the population turn over amongst other items their radios, bikes, horses and blankets. Everything we produced was recorded. Sketches were made of cows and fields. If your cow did not produce any offspring, the local vet had to give you a statement confirming that. The crops on the fields were recorded and you were told what part of your harvest was to be given to the occupying forces. We grew tulip, daffodil and hyacinth bulbs. Since there was no possibility to export those we kept a small amount of foundation seed so we would be ready after the war and instead of bulbs, we began to grow vegetables, grains and fruits.

      Later came the bombing of the steel plant that was directly across from our farm and the submarine port in IJmuiden. Thousands of planes from England would fly directly over our farm daily on their way to bomb northern Germany. Two hours later they could be seen returning from their missions. Many were shot down over us. Food became scarcer by the day. Food coupons were used for every food item and the rations became smaller all the time. Bread was made from a mixture of potatoes, tulip bulbs and some grain.

      The Germans held round-ups to catch men who refused to work in Germany. Beverwijk was surrounded and closed off from the outside world during one of these round-ups and almost 500 residents were picked up and sent to work camps in Germany. More than 60 of these people did not

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