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We kunnen er wel heel veel van leren. JUIST nu er weer zoveel Jodenhaat is. Er werd ooit gezegd "dit nooit weer". Maar het gebeurt wederom, waar we bijstaan.... Over een paar decennia zegt men: "waarom deed men niks toen de Joden in 2023 weer bedreigd werden?".... Die lessen moeten nu toch wel geleerd worden, juist door ook naar het verleden te kijken als spiegel naar het heden.
Thank you for all the work you're doing Rick, this is all of massive historical value. I hope all of your videos will also reach the younger generations.
Both my parent were born in the Netherlands. My dad lived in Rotterdam and would have been 5 years old when the bombing took place. As a first generation Canadian, I thank you for these videos that add colour and life to a piece of my family history.
My grandmother also moved to canada with her family when she was a few years old. She moved back but some of her/my family remained there. I dont really know where they live but its interesting to know that i also have family living over there.
People forget and lost their pride in the nation - guess why - while the destruction continues .. Dankjewel voor weer een - deels - prachtige terugblik
Rick, wat doe je dit fantastisch.. in kleur en met je toelichting komt de Nederlandse geschiedenis op een prachtige manier tot leven. Ik heb al vaker dankjewel gezegd voor wat je doet en doe dat graag nogmaals: DANK!
Nice historical video Rick - thank you for sharing these nice times and terrible times, you truly are preserving your history for us to see and remember. Cheers and stay safe
Fascinating . Such good English narration. There were pockets of poverty in the country, and of course the Netherlands weren't immune from the Great Depession..
Some of these clips are so crisp and colourful they could have been filmed last week! Please keep them coming Sir as you are offering something so rare and valuable it cannot be expressed, I can safely say they're worth each and every so called *influencers prank channel uploads combined and these beautiful clips will educate our descendents for centuries. Thanks again my flatlands friend. ☘️🙏
"Dutch ships sailed all the oceans." I didn't know this untill a few years ago, but the Dutch East Indies merchant navy fleet was the largest in the world. During the war, the Dutch merchant navy in the Pacific moved most of the supplies and men for the allies. Regarding industry and technical prowess, Dutch submarines were the most advanced in the world in 1940. Where all other navies' submarines still had to surface to recharge their batteries, Dutch submarines were already fitted with reliable sniffers. I learned about the Dutch electric trains from NS information posters on the station. Shocking to me, because from watching WW2 movies I thought everybody still used steam. Although during the war, no electrical trains were running anymore I believe.
At 1:33, Johann van Oldenbarnenvelt; the boat on which I emigrated to Canada on in 1954 when I was 7 years old. Love your videos. I watch them in the hopes of recognizing places and people.
I had a teacher who grew up in Rotterdam before and during WWII. She told us that they were completely surprised by the bombing of their city by the Germans. They flee in their pajamas to an nearby Island and watch all night as their city was burning down. She told us 20 years later but you could see that she was still traumatized by it all.
@@AudieHolland yes she did. Like all people in the Netherlands. It did not matter where you lived. Many starved that last winter. Many died of the cold as well. My father was in hiding and told me they were caught rats at night so they had something to eat. They eat everything from tulip bulbs to grass. Anything you could eat that was not toxic. People in the cities had it more difficult than people in rural areas. They also burned their furniture to warm their house and to cook. They stole coal from the Germans and cut the trees in the street. Anything to not freeze. That winter there was not only nothing to eat it was exceptional cold as well.
@@Bruintjebeer6 So sad. Though a major misconception is that the whole of The Netherlands suffered through the hunger Winter. It was mainly the cities in what we now call de Randstad. Because the railways had gone on strike and in retaliation, the Germans cut off all food supplies to cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht. In the countryside however, local farmers were making huge profits from selling food to desperate city dwellers who travelled out in the country to exchange their gold and jewelry for meagre provisions.
@@AudieHolland my grandparents lived in Groningen and they suffered as well. Like I said the cities suffered way more than the country side bijt at the end everyone suffered. There was nothing to buy anymore That is what I understood from my mother.
Supurb clarity and colour Rick, your efforts produce ever more improvements. The point raised, about increasing prosperity in Holland, pre-War; Was the World depression less fealt in Holland ? Jobs and production was improving in Britain, but that was , it is assumed, due to the comming war, as we finally realised the Nazi threat was real.
Nicely done! I am proud of my little country. The images of the destruction of Rotterdam 3:47 still hurt a lot. My grandmother was born there in 1906. She the knew the old city by heart, and every time we spoke about it tears came into her eyes.
Just incredible as always. I'm interested to know; how quickly did the Netherlands forgive Germany and establish friendly relations? And how do the Dutch feel about Europe now, is the continent in a good place and what's the biggest challenge facing the country now?
I don't think there is a straight forward answer to your question. Young people who were too young or not yet born during WW-II probably forgave the Germans much earlier than elderly people. Some of the latter held grudges until the day they died. I guess it also depended on to what extent they were exposed to war attrocities as well as upbringing, location in the Netherlands and character traits. Most people who could have active memories of the war are dead now. I am no expert on this subject.
My father, who died 3 years ago aged 92, called Germans 'Moffen' (Jerries) all his life. We're from Amsterdam and he was witness of executions, the hongerwinter, being in hiding for forced labour and the shooting on Damsquare during liberation in 1945. Nevertheless in the 60's my parents had German friends and we went on holiday in Germany. I was born in 1959 and our generation grew up with a feeling of contempt for the Germans, but for me that is totally gone, although I live in the middle of the old jewish neighbourhood of Amsterdam and next to the Zuiderkerk, where all people were stored who were found dead on the street during that same winter of 44/45.
@@Rick88888888 No something like the style of madurodam , recreating small parts of historic land marks . How the netherlands /and other countries looked like before the wars.
@@Rick88888888 No website , you just gave me an idea to do something like that , i used to make models for trains and old navy ships from construction drawings of the national archives ,it was a great past time during my navy days , sadly most of the models i gave away as pressent or got lost during moves. ( PS there are construction drawings of the Johan Maurits z van nassau and Isaac Sweers in that archive . ) I think it would be a nice hobby to start and recreate history . As i love history genealogy puts every thing in perspective how our ancestors lived back in the day . So why not do something to preserve history in model from . pictures old videos ,drawing and paintings . I got a nice garage and attic with some good room to start building some items .
Erg mooie beelden. Ik krijg er haast tranen van in mijn ogen dat dit nog maar 80 jaar geleden plaats heeft gevonden. Er zijn nog steeds mensen in leven die dit - actief - hebben meegemaakt.
Ja maar dat zijn er nog maar een handjevol hoor, ook deze generatie zal binnen enkele jaren uitsterven en degene die nu in de 90 zijn waren destijds nog maar kinderen en die hebben doorgaans een totaal ander beeld van de oorlog dan degene die destijds 20 jaar of ouder waren en die zijn er allang niet meer, althans weinig! Dat inkleuren van deze films moest men maar eens achterwege laten, het is ontzettend slecht en soms overheerst de kleur rood, is erg storend.!!!
Maar het verschil is wel dat de mensen die dit actief en ook fysiek hebben meegemaakt destijds rond de twintig jaar en ouder moeten zijn geweest, ik ken mensen die nu nog leven van bijna of zelfs al over de negentig jaar jaar die ook de oorlogsjaren hebben meegemaakt maar met dit verschil dat ze destijds kinderen waren en geen volwassenen. Iemand met een leeftijd van ±10 jaar maakte en zag andere omstandigheden zoals de oorlog van '40 '45. Mijn vader moest zich melden voor de "arbeidsinzet", die was destijds 21 jaar en die heeft de oorlogsjaren heel anders beleeft en ervaren als iemand van ±10 jaar of ouder. Ik heb de vele verhalen mogen aanhoren en meerdere keren zelfs die mijn vader mij vertelde, zelfs nog op de avond voor zijn overlijden en dat had op mij een enorme impact !!, Ik daar absoluut geen probleem mee, al hoorde ik ze soms voor de tiende keer!! Het was een onderdeel van de verwerking van toen, want na de oorlogsjaren had niemand belangstelling in jouw problemen of ervaringen, niet zeuren heette dat, velen mensen hebben in hun latere jaren problemen mee gekregen, dus ik liet de verhalen maar over mij heenkomen en vertellen door m'n vader (1921-2004) ik ben er niet slechter van geworden en nee ik heb ook geen rancune tegen die militairen die destijds in mijn geboortestad dienst hadden gedaan als dienstplichtig militair, ik heb daarover een verhaal gemaakt en als uitgangspunt was dat een kleurenfoto uit het jaar 1952, zoek maar naar "Pieternella (Nel) Bos-Verwaal 1952" dat heb ik opgetekend uit de monden van zowel mijn moeder als ook mijn vader destijds jarenlang in een lade gelegen totdat ik het ontdekte en besloot om er iets mee te gaan doen. Het is net als bij ons in het gezin, de leeftijdsverschillen waren niet al te groot, maar het vreemde is wel dat ik als jongste van het gezin geheel andere ouders heb meegemaakt dan mijn oudere zus en broers, dat wou ik hiermee maar zeggen, je kan niet alle mensen over één kam scheren namelijk. Tot slot als ik de verhalen van mijn schoonvader aanhoort (hij is nu bijna 91 jaar) over die bewuste oorlogsjaren dan waren die vol met bravoure etc. en die hadden niks met "arbeidsinzet" oftewel dwangarbeid etc. te maken, die hebben dus een compleet andere ervaring opgedaan als mijn vader die ruim tien jaar eerder was geboren als m'n schoonvader en vergeet niet het verschil tussen een stad en een dorp, dat wou ik maar even vertellen, dank voor uw aandacht!!
Dank u. Hier een van mijn video's van de Nieuw Amsterdam (1963). Indertijd gefilmd door mijn vader. ruclips.net/video/pvDb9DqxcMk/видео.htmlsi=P8TURM-UCm5LQuxE
Hey there Rick and I'm so grateful to have another priceless piece of prime pictorial treasure courtesy of you and yours across the North Sea there, all the very best from here in Liverpool 🇬🇧. 👍 ☘️ #OurHistory
Bedankt, weer een genot om naar te kijken. De overal kwaliteit wordt steeds beter, sommige stukken zoals het begin met dat water zijn zo goed, die zouden (bijna) nu geschoten kunnen zijn. Bijna niet te geloven wat een schok de oorlog moet zijn geweest voor die visnet makende vrouwen. Veel mensen op het platteland waren destijds waarschijnlijk nog nooit buiten hun woonplaats geweest en wisten niet veel van de wereld rond om hun heen.
The Douglas airliners in the clip appear to have been DC-2s: identifiable is 'PH-AJU' "Uiver" which was lost with all passengers and crew in a crash in Iraq during a flight from Amsterdam to Batavia [Jakarta] in 1934. The same aircraft had earlier won an air-race from London to Melbourne, Australia, in 1934. A similar DC-2 aircraft has been preserved and painted to resemble "PH-AJU" and resides in the Dutch "Aviodrome" air museum.
@@None-zc5vg Yes they are DC-2s, and one of those KLM DC-2s is now on display restored in Finland in the Tuulonen shopping mall in Tuulos Finland. If anyone has unpublished pictures of the DC-2 they might be interested.
Dank je voor je aanbod, maar ik vind het leuk om alles zelf te doen. Het blijft een hobby kanaal. TTS stemmen in combinatie met A.I. worden ook steeds beter. Jammer dat op je RUclips kanaal weinig/niets te zien is van waar je toe in staat bent.
Thank you for making these films available. What has been kept from the Dutch for years though is that so called allied bombings by the English and Americans caused many more deaths amongst the civilian population than the German bombing of Rotterdam. The subsequent bombing of Rotterdam by the allies was far worse than what the Germans did and actually regretted, because, other than with Warshaw, they desperately tried to call the bombers back as the order was retracted and a surrender deal in the making.
I don't know where you got this, but you are utterly misinformed. The Germans never "regretted" the bombings of 14 May. Don't forget that about 70 bombers were deliberately sent out to bomb Rotterdam and to what extent attempts were made to call them off is controversial to this day. Read this: www.dbnl.org/tekst/_gid001195901_01/_gid001195901_01_0039.php Yes the allies did bomb Rotterdam (Crooswijk) in 1943, but not to the extent you are proclaiming. See this about "The Forgotten Bombardment": ruclips.net/video/R7M_E41_uTU/видео.html on my channel, and don't listen to the pro-German commentator.
I understand, now. It was the Brits and the especially despicable USA (what an evil country!) that really punished Rotterdam. If we had left well alone, German occupation of the Netherlands would have worked out well in the end! Yes, the U.S. is always to blame!
@johnc2438, we do owe our liberty mainly as a result of American involvement. We haven't forgotten; please don't be do melodramatic. The 'forfotten bombardment' of 1943 was indeed mainly carried out by the USAAF. Due to cloudy conditions and strong winds, a residential area (Bospolder - Tussendijken) was hit and killed hundreds. These things, unfortunately, happen.
Not melodramatic at all, hard facts. Check with NIOD, ten thousand civilian deaths because of allied bombing is a conservative estimate. If you are up to familiarising yourself with American warcrimes on Dutch soil, read Anthony Beever's Battle of the Bridges. Dutch people were not allowed to know many of these things which were kept from them by the70 year rule for the archives. Just like the many murders of innocent people by the Dutch 'resistance', this was considered unmentionable because it happened all in a good cause. Allied bombing specifically targetted civilian transport in 1945. @@misterhoney2
Gosh it was so pretty. My grandparents were from Bussum. They never talked about the war. We weren't allowed to ask. I've often wondered what it was like but my searches didn't bring up what I was after. Maybe your series will be the one that answers my questions.
Het blijft soms vreemd om bepaalde dingen in kleur te zien. Tot een paar jaar terug had ik nog nooit beeld van een riviervrachtzijlschip gezien, enkel schilderijen van die uit de 17e eeuw of vissersscheepjes en plezierjachten in een haven. Het is niet verwonderlijk omdat zijlen op de grote rivieren inmiddels verboden is, maar juist daarom is het bijzonder om te zien.
It's very simple: the Dutch Houses of Parliament are in Den Haag. Amsterdam is designated as the capital in the Dutch constitution (although that was not always the case in the past). I guess we don't follow the generic definition.
@@Rick88888888 Rick was the Dutch Houses of Parliament always in Den Haag? I think that Den Haag became even more important during the war crimes trials. Yes or no?
@@meepenjaap7999Yes, the parliament has always resided in The Hague. As has the government. It's an interesting topics why the Dutch capital doesn't house the national authorities. Maybe there's a video on this?
A correction must be made: The country wasn’t ‘run’ by queen Wilhelmina. Far from it. Then, as today, The Netherlands were a constitutional monarchy. Policy was shaped by a cabinet of ministers, in conjunction with a democratically chosen parliament. The role of the monarch was largely ceremonial, or otherwise limited to ‘informing and encouraging’. All of Her actions fell under ministerial responsibility, which means that the PM has to answer for them if Parliament asks him to.
You obviously don't know much about how Wilhelmina *ran* the country. Among other you should read about her plans that she made while in exile in London for the total reform of the Dutch constitution after WW-II, and how she influenced politics and politicians during her entire reign.
@@Rick88888888 I can agree to a point that she may have tried to ‘run’ her cabinet ministers. I know that her view of her position was not very well aligned with Thorbecke’s design: She saw herself as ultimately responsible under God, and as a constant, until He saw fit to replace her, that is, whereas cabinets came and went. When in exile, not held in check by the democratic institutions, she developed visions of a post-war nation run by an elite of men that had proven themselves worthy of their positions during the conflict. Congruently to this a part of the Dutch resistance was not so much involved with fighting the Germans as with planning to fill a dreaded power vacuum after the German retreat. Avoiding a power grab by the left was almost of more concern to them, and also they felt some entitlement to post war positions of power for their service.
Hitler didn't need to be provoked , he usually invented one anyway, as in Polands case. Declaring oneself Neutral rarely worked either, unless a country pocesssed raw materials he wanted, as in Swedens case, so they weren't bombed.
It was bombed in order to force the Dutch government to capitulate (which they did the next day). Other main Dutch cities would otherwise have suffered the same fate.
Sorry, I should have been more specific: 80.000 people lost their home. There were 25.000 homes destroyed. More details here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_bombing_of_Rotterdam
You mention nothing of the Dutch Army, Air Force and defense capabilities in this early days, why did they not exist or were so weak ? Politics ? Dutch were always a strong Naval state and you had Fokker. What went wrong post WWI >?
Watch my other videos about WW-II in the Netherlands. There are plenty on my channel and I cannot repeat the same things in every video. There is so much to tell!
Aeroplanes. The Netherlands used to be easy to invade but almost impossible to take because of the Waterlinie, strategic inundation around the West part mainly so the ports and the naval ports would remain operational while the invading soldiers were sitting ducks in a few feet of water.
The ground forces were rather outdated compared what Germany had to offer, there were not many tanks and what was there was rather obsolete. Also in numbers the Dutch army simply couldn't defend themselves against the large colonnes of German troops passing the border. The Navy hadn't a role because Germany didn't invade the Netherlands from the sea. The strengthening of the air force, which would be the major factor in defending the Netherlands in those first days, was underway. Modern planes like the Fokker D21 and G1 and Koolhoven Fk58 were being introduced at the time but the implementation of those planes in the Air Force came a bit too late, so couldn't be produced in large enough numbers to make any difference. They had a quite good kill ratio on German planes in those four days, but the numerical superiority of the German Luftwaffe made the Dutch Air Force almost non existent after those few days, the Germans could put up at least 10 times as many planes against the defenders. So after four days the German bombers met not much resistance anymore, just some AA, on their way to Rotterdam, and the sheer devastation of the city led to the decision to capitulate, as further resistance would only delay the inevitable feat and lead to more destruction and deaths. Just look at the UK, despite having the English channel as a physical barrier and being able to produce far more planes they struggled to defend themselves from being invaded and needed to acquire even more additional planes from the US (P-40 Tomahawk) from the US to be able to put enough assets up against Germany.
We became sort of a pacifist country in the interbellum of WW1 and WW2, the pacifist movement of the broken little rifle (het gebroken geweertje), was very outspoken and influential. They said there would be no war after the gruesome WW1 (not gruesome for us by the way, we were neutral back then), so The Netherlands didn’t invest in military defense of our country and colonies. The depression didn’t help to seek funds for strengthening defense either and besides, we heavily depended on our neutrality which helped us in WW1. So three reasons, pacifism, lack of funding and neutrality.
@@mindwis3No that is what happened. The city of Rotterdam capitulated before the bombing. Rotterdam was bombed by only a part of the Luftwaffe force. That part did not received the order to call off the attack or ignored it. If Rotterdam had been bombed full force then the devastation would have been much worse. After bombing of Rotterdam, the Germans threatened to bomb other cities to pieces and that is why the government surrendered. The Germans had expected that the campaign in the Netherlands would last two days but it lasted longer. It was vital to Fall Gelb that NL would fall fast.
Good footage. Despicable cultural marxists acts as if it was all bad because 1% of the European population was involved in the slave trade. Which all people's were doing at the time, and the British, by great effort, by Christian motivation, went deeply out of their own way to abolish it world wide as best as they could. This is all true, see the work of Thomas Sowell for example, believe in the gospel, be well.
![Splendid footage of the Dutch Army during WW1 in 1917 in color! Part-1 [A.I. enhanced & colorized]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pNzMquTIPWA/mqdefault.jpg)
*Parts 3 and 4 will be uploaded soon to my channel* .
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@@Rick88888888 God bless Europe
your master work so everone should respect your policy's regarding comments that may offend .good work as all ways.
We kunnen er wel heel veel van leren. JUIST nu er weer zoveel Jodenhaat is. Er werd ooit gezegd "dit nooit weer". Maar het gebeurt wederom, waar we bijstaan.... Over een paar decennia zegt men: "waarom deed men niks toen de Joden in 2023 weer bedreigd werden?".... Die lessen moeten nu toch wel geleerd worden, juist door ook naar het verleden te kijken als spiegel naar het heden.
@@thomasireland1770 Thank you
@@hermantenkate8452 Je kunt heel veel leren van het verleden. Dat blijkt wel weer he.
Thank you for all the work you're doing Rick, this is all of massive historical value. I hope all of your videos will also reach the younger generations.
Both my parent were born in the Netherlands. My dad lived in Rotterdam and would have been 5 years old when the bombing took place. As a first generation Canadian, I thank you for these videos that add colour and life to a piece of my family history.
Greetings from the Netherlands!
My grandmother also moved to canada with her family when she was a few years old. She moved back but some of her/my family remained there. I dont really know where they live but its interesting to know that i also have family living over there.
I’m also a first generation Canadian with roots in The Netherlands. There’s a lot of us ❤
People forget and lost their pride in the nation - guess why - while the destruction continues .. Dankjewel voor weer een - deels - prachtige terugblik
Beautiful restoration.
Wonderful colours throughout .
Such a forward thinking country .
Many thanks yet again .
Rick, wat doe je dit fantastisch.. in kleur en met je toelichting komt de Nederlandse geschiedenis op een prachtige manier tot leven. Ik heb al vaker dankjewel gezegd voor wat je doet en doe dat graag nogmaals: DANK!
Dank je wel. Graag gedaan!
Its fantastic video! thanks very much Rick, best regards from Santiago, CHILE
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Nice historical video Rick - thank you for sharing these nice times and terrible times, you truly are preserving your history for us to see and remember. Cheers and stay safe
Amazing video showing a snapshot of how it was before ww2.
Fascinating . Such good English narration. There were pockets of poverty in the country, and of course the Netherlands weren't immune from the Great Depession..
Some of these clips are so crisp and colourful they could have been filmed last week! Please keep them coming Sir as you are offering something so rare and valuable it cannot be expressed, I can safely say they're worth each and every so called *influencers prank channel uploads combined and these beautiful clips will educate our descendents for centuries. Thanks again my flatlands friend. ☘️🙏
"Dutch ships sailed all the oceans."
I didn't know this untill a few years ago, but the Dutch East Indies merchant navy fleet was the largest in the world.
During the war, the Dutch merchant navy in the Pacific moved most of the supplies and men for the allies.
Regarding industry and technical prowess, Dutch submarines were the most advanced in the world in 1940.
Where all other navies' submarines still had to surface to recharge their batteries, Dutch submarines were already fitted with reliable sniffers.
I learned about the Dutch electric trains from NS information posters on the station. Shocking to me, because from watching WW2 movies I thought everybody still used steam. Although during the war, no electrical trains were running anymore I believe.
At 1:33, Johann van Oldenbarnenvelt; the boat on which I emigrated to Canada on in 1954 when I was 7 years old. Love your videos. I watch them in the hopes of recognizing places and people.
Great! Interesting! I think I have some more footage of that ship somewhere in my large archive (goodness knows where...).
woww thats amazing, cant imagine how it is to see it back
Really great video.Well put together.Thank you so much for posting this.
Great work again! Thanks for sharing Rick!
I'm from rotterdam my grandmother survived the bombing of rotterdam and this city will always be close to my heart
I had a teacher who grew up in Rotterdam before and during WWII. She told us that they were completely surprised by the bombing of their city by the Germans. They flee in their pajamas to an nearby Island and watch all night as their city was burning down. She told us 20 years later but you could see that she was still traumatized by it all.
Did she remain in the area after the bombing? Then she would also have lived through the Hunger Winter.
@@AudieHolland yes she did. Like all people in the Netherlands. It did not matter where you lived. Many starved that last winter. Many died of the cold as well.
My father was in hiding and told me they were caught rats at night so they had something to eat. They eat everything from tulip bulbs to grass.
Anything you could eat that was not toxic. People in the cities had it more difficult than people in rural areas.
They also burned their furniture to warm their house and to cook. They stole coal from the Germans and cut the trees in the street. Anything to not freeze.
That winter there was not only nothing to eat it was exceptional cold as well.
@@Bruintjebeer6 So sad.
Though a major misconception is that the whole of The Netherlands suffered through the hunger Winter.
It was mainly the cities in what we now call de Randstad. Because the railways had gone on strike and in retaliation, the Germans cut off all food supplies to cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht.
In the countryside however, local farmers were making huge profits from selling food to desperate city dwellers who travelled out in the country to exchange their gold and jewelry for meagre provisions.
@@AudieHolland my grandparents lived in Groningen and they suffered as well. Like I said the cities suffered way more than the country side bijt at the end everyone suffered. There was nothing to buy anymore That is what I understood from my mother.
Supurb clarity and colour Rick, your efforts produce ever more improvements. The point raised, about increasing prosperity in Holland, pre-War; Was the World depression less fealt in Holland ? Jobs and production was improving in Britain, but that was , it is assumed, due to the comming war, as we finally realised the Nazi threat was real.
De schepen waren echt prachtig.
Your voice fits these videos and your English is perfect. Thank you!
Nicely done! I am proud of my little country. The images of the destruction of Rotterdam 3:47 still hurt a lot. My grandmother was born there in 1906. She the knew the old city by heart, and every time we spoke about it tears came into her eyes.
Just incredible as always. I'm interested to know; how quickly did the Netherlands forgive Germany and establish friendly relations? And how do the Dutch feel about Europe now, is the continent in a good place and what's the biggest challenge facing the country now?
I don't think there is a straight forward answer to your question. Young people who were too young or not yet born during WW-II probably forgave the Germans much earlier than elderly people. Some of the latter held grudges until the day they died. I guess it also depended on to what extent they were exposed to war attrocities as well as upbringing, location in the Netherlands and character traits. Most people who could have active memories of the war are dead now. I am no expert on this subject.
My father, who died 3 years ago aged 92, called Germans 'Moffen' (Jerries) all his life. We're from Amsterdam and he was witness of executions, the hongerwinter, being in hiding for forced labour and the shooting on Damsquare during liberation in 1945. Nevertheless in the 60's my parents had German friends and we went on holiday in Germany. I was born in 1959 and our generation grew up with a feeling of contempt for the Germans, but for me that is totally gone, although I live in the middle of the old jewish neighbourhood of Amsterdam and next to the Zuiderkerk, where all people were stored who were found dead on the street during that same winter of 44/45.
@@Rick88888888 Thank you. Forgiveness is a powerful thing.
Echt prachtig Rick, wat een document!
Prachtig weer! Ik ben benieuwd naar de volgende delen…!
Wat een prachtige unieke beelden!! dank voor delen.
Wonderfull video ones more Rick , You also inspired me to make some models how cities looked before the wars .
Thanks. What do you mean with "models"? Made of wood or in 3D digital?
@@Rick88888888 No something like the style of madurodam , recreating small parts of historic land marks . How the netherlands /and other countries looked like before the wars.
Nice hobby! Do you have a website to view your models? You must have a big house or large garden...
@@Rick88888888 No website , you just gave me an idea to do something like that , i used to make models for trains and old navy ships from construction drawings of the national archives ,it was a great past time during my navy days , sadly most of the models i gave away as pressent or got lost during moves. ( PS there are construction drawings of the Johan Maurits z van nassau and Isaac Sweers in that archive . )
I think it would be a nice hobby to start and recreate history .
As i love history genealogy puts every thing in perspective how our ancestors lived back in the day . So why not do something to preserve history in model from . pictures old videos ,drawing and paintings .
I got a nice garage and attic with some good room to start building some items .
Weer een pareltje Rick! THANKS!
Erg mooie beelden. Ik krijg er haast tranen van in mijn ogen dat dit nog maar 80 jaar geleden plaats heeft gevonden. Er zijn nog steeds mensen in leven die dit - actief - hebben meegemaakt.
Ja maar dat zijn er nog maar een handjevol hoor, ook deze generatie zal binnen enkele jaren uitsterven en degene die nu in de 90 zijn waren destijds nog maar kinderen en die hebben doorgaans een totaal ander beeld van de oorlog dan degene die destijds 20 jaar of ouder waren en die zijn er allang niet meer, althans weinig!
Dat inkleuren van deze films moest men maar eens achterwege laten, het is ontzettend slecht en soms overheerst de kleur rood, is erg storend.!!!
Maar het verschil is wel dat de mensen die dit actief en ook fysiek hebben meegemaakt destijds rond de twintig jaar en ouder moeten zijn geweest, ik ken mensen die nu nog leven van bijna of zelfs al over de negentig jaar jaar die ook de oorlogsjaren hebben meegemaakt maar met dit verschil dat ze destijds kinderen waren en geen volwassenen.
Iemand met een leeftijd van ±10 jaar maakte en zag andere omstandigheden zoals de oorlog van '40 '45.
Mijn vader moest zich melden voor de "arbeidsinzet", die was destijds 21 jaar en die heeft de oorlogsjaren heel anders beleeft en ervaren als iemand van ±10 jaar of ouder.
Ik heb de vele verhalen mogen aanhoren en meerdere keren zelfs die mijn vader mij vertelde, zelfs nog op de avond voor zijn overlijden en dat had op mij een enorme impact !!, Ik daar absoluut geen probleem mee, al hoorde ik ze soms voor de tiende keer!! Het was een onderdeel van de verwerking van toen, want na de oorlogsjaren had niemand belangstelling in jouw problemen of ervaringen, niet zeuren heette dat, velen mensen hebben in hun latere jaren problemen mee gekregen, dus ik liet de verhalen maar over mij heenkomen en vertellen door m'n vader (1921-2004) ik ben er niet slechter van geworden en nee ik heb ook geen rancune tegen die militairen die destijds in mijn geboortestad dienst hadden gedaan als dienstplichtig militair, ik heb daarover een verhaal gemaakt en als uitgangspunt was dat een kleurenfoto uit het jaar 1952, zoek maar naar "Pieternella (Nel) Bos-Verwaal 1952" dat heb ik opgetekend uit de monden van zowel mijn moeder als ook mijn vader destijds jarenlang in een lade gelegen totdat ik het ontdekte en besloot om er iets mee te gaan doen.
Het is net als bij ons in het gezin, de leeftijdsverschillen waren niet al te groot, maar het vreemde is wel dat ik als jongste van het gezin geheel andere ouders heb meegemaakt dan mijn oudere zus en broers, dat wou ik hiermee maar zeggen, je kan niet alle mensen over één kam scheren namelijk.
Tot slot als ik de verhalen van mijn schoonvader aanhoort (hij is nu bijna 91 jaar) over die bewuste oorlogsjaren dan waren die vol met bravoure etc. en die hadden niks met "arbeidsinzet" oftewel dwangarbeid etc. te maken, die hebben dus een compleet andere ervaring opgedaan als mijn vader die ruim tien jaar eerder was geboren als m'n schoonvader en vergeet niet het verschil tussen een stad en een dorp, dat wou ik maar even vertellen, dank voor uw aandacht!!
Prachtige video. Ook om weer de Oranje en de Nieuw Amsterdam te zien. Op beide schepen heb ik vroeger gevaren.
Leuk om te horen!
Dank u. Hier een van mijn video's van de Nieuw Amsterdam (1963). Indertijd gefilmd door mijn vader. ruclips.net/video/pvDb9DqxcMk/видео.htmlsi=P8TURM-UCm5LQuxE
Hey there Rick and I'm so grateful to have another priceless piece of prime pictorial treasure courtesy of you and yours across the North Sea there, all the very best from here in Liverpool 🇬🇧. 👍 ☘️ #OurHistory
Bedankt, weer een genot om naar te kijken. De overal kwaliteit wordt steeds beter, sommige stukken zoals het begin met dat water zijn zo goed, die zouden (bijna) nu geschoten kunnen zijn. Bijna niet te geloven wat een schok de oorlog moet zijn geweest voor die visnet makende vrouwen. Veel mensen op het platteland waren destijds waarschijnlijk nog nooit buiten hun woonplaats geweest en wisten niet veel van de wereld rond om hun heen.
3:58 one of the planes could be PH-AKH which became DO-1 in the Finnish Air Force and is now preserved restored in a shopping mall in Tuulos Finland.
The Douglas airliners in the clip appear to have been DC-2s: identifiable is 'PH-AJU' "Uiver" which was lost with all passengers and crew in a crash in Iraq during a flight from Amsterdam to Batavia [Jakarta] in 1934.
The same aircraft had earlier won an air-race from London to Melbourne, Australia, in 1934. A similar DC-2 aircraft has been preserved and painted to resemble "PH-AJU" and resides in the Dutch "Aviodrome" air museum.
@@None-zc5vg Yes they are DC-2s, and one of those KLM DC-2s is now on display restored in Finland in the Tuulonen shopping mall in Tuulos Finland. If anyone has unpublished pictures of the DC-2 they might be interested.
Ongelofelijk mooie beelden zo van voor de oorlog. Ben zo onder de indruk.
Ben er nu al helemaal stil van. Wat zijn we toch allemaal verloren...
Hermoso, prácticamente es viajar al pasado. lo sigo desde México. 🙋
Vakwerk, wou dat mijn vader dit filmpje nog kon zien❤
HI Rick, je maakt al heel lang heel mooie dingen. Toch wil ik hierbij aanbieden om de Voice over te verzorgen. Ieder z'n vak ;-)
Dank je voor je aanbod, maar ik vind het leuk om alles zelf te doen. Het blijft een hobby kanaal. TTS stemmen in combinatie met A.I. worden ook steeds beter. Jammer dat op je RUclips kanaal weinig/niets te zien is van waar je toe in staat bent.
Damn, the Netherlands got hit hard!
Klasse weer een juweeltje erg mooi bedankt voor de moeite 👍👍🇳🇱
Thank you for making these films available. What has been kept from the Dutch for years though is that so called allied bombings by the English and Americans caused many more deaths amongst the civilian population than the German bombing of Rotterdam. The subsequent bombing of Rotterdam by the allies was far worse than what the Germans did and actually regretted, because, other than with Warshaw, they desperately tried to call the bombers back as the order was retracted and a surrender deal in the making.
I don't know where you got this, but you are utterly misinformed. The Germans never "regretted" the bombings of 14 May. Don't forget that about 70 bombers were deliberately sent out to bomb Rotterdam and to what extent attempts were made to call them off is controversial to this day. Read this: www.dbnl.org/tekst/_gid001195901_01/_gid001195901_01_0039.php
Yes the allies did bomb Rotterdam (Crooswijk) in 1943, but not to the extent you are proclaiming. See this about "The Forgotten Bombardment": ruclips.net/video/R7M_E41_uTU/видео.html on my channel, and don't listen to the pro-German commentator.
I understand, now. It was the Brits and the especially despicable USA (what an evil country!) that really punished Rotterdam. If we had left well alone, German occupation of the Netherlands would have worked out well in the end! Yes, the U.S. is always to blame!
@johnc2438, we do owe our liberty mainly as a result of American involvement. We haven't forgotten; please don't be do melodramatic.
The 'forfotten bombardment' of 1943 was indeed mainly carried out by the USAAF. Due to cloudy conditions and strong winds, a residential area (Bospolder - Tussendijken) was hit and killed hundreds. These things, unfortunately, happen.
Not melodramatic at all, hard facts. Check with NIOD, ten thousand civilian deaths because of allied bombing is a conservative estimate. If you are up to familiarising yourself with American warcrimes on Dutch soil, read Anthony Beever's Battle of the Bridges. Dutch people were not allowed to know many of these things which were kept from them by the70 year rule for the archives. Just like the many murders of innocent people by the Dutch 'resistance', this was considered unmentionable because it happened all in a good cause. Allied bombing specifically targetted civilian transport in 1945. @@misterhoney2
@@bennozuiddamYou are mixing up one specific bombardment with the overall toll of warfare. This clouds judgment.
Goed werk Rick!
Tragédies sans cesse recommencees.... aujourd'hui même....
Oui, vous avez raison. C'est tout à fait choquant et lamentable.
Magnifique ! 😢
Prachtige beelden!!!
Gosh it was so pretty. My grandparents were from Bussum. They never talked about the war. We weren't allowed to ask. I've often wondered what it was like but my searches didn't bring up what I was after. Maybe your series will be the one that answers my questions.
Het blijft soms vreemd om bepaalde dingen in kleur te zien. Tot een paar jaar terug had ik nog nooit beeld van een riviervrachtzijlschip gezien, enkel schilderijen van die uit de 17e eeuw of vissersscheepjes en plezierjachten in een haven.
Het is niet verwonderlijk omdat zijlen op de grote rivieren inmiddels verboden is, maar juist daarom is het bijzonder om te zien.
Isn't/wasn't Hague the capital rather than Amsterdam?
No, Amsterdam is the capital, The Hague is the residence of the government.
@@Rick88888888 Odd. The residence of a government is called the capital, like Washington or London or Paris.
It's very simple: the Dutch Houses of Parliament are in Den Haag. Amsterdam is designated as the capital in the Dutch constitution (although that was not always the case in the past). I guess we don't follow the generic definition.
@@Rick88888888 Rick was the Dutch Houses of Parliament always in Den Haag? I think that Den Haag became even more important during the war crimes trials. Yes or no?
@@meepenjaap7999Yes, the parliament has always resided in The Hague. As has the government. It's an interesting topics why the Dutch capital doesn't house the national authorities. Maybe there's a video on this?
Bedankt.
Excelent Excelent......🎉🎉
A correction must be made: The country wasn’t ‘run’ by queen Wilhelmina. Far from it. Then, as today, The Netherlands were a constitutional monarchy. Policy was shaped by a cabinet of ministers, in conjunction with a democratically chosen parliament. The role of the monarch was largely ceremonial, or otherwise limited to ‘informing and encouraging’. All of Her actions fell under ministerial responsibility, which means that the PM has to answer for them if Parliament asks him to.
You obviously don't know much about how Wilhelmina *ran* the country. Among other you should read about her plans that she made while in exile in London for the total reform of the Dutch constitution after WW-II, and how she influenced politics and politicians during her entire reign.
@@Rick88888888 I can agree to a point that she may have tried to ‘run’ her cabinet ministers. I know that her view of her position was not very well aligned with Thorbecke’s design: She saw herself as ultimately responsible under God, and as a constant, until He saw fit to replace her, that is, whereas cabinets came and went. When in exile, not held in check by the democratic institutions, she developed visions of a post-war nation run by an elite of men that had proven themselves worthy of their positions during the conflict. Congruently to this a part of the Dutch resistance was not so much involved with fighting the Germans as with planning to fill a dreaded power vacuum after the German retreat. Avoiding a power grab by the left was almost of more concern to them, and also they felt some entitlement to post war positions of power for their service.
Was the bombing of Rotterdam intimidation to surrender or was it provoked? Why was it bombed?
Hitler didn't need to be provoked , he usually invented one anyway, as in Polands case. Declaring oneself Neutral rarely worked either, unless a country pocesssed raw materials he wanted, as in Swedens case, so they weren't bombed.
Provoked in a sense because the ultimatum set by the nazis to surrender had timed out.
It was bombed in order to force the Dutch government to capitulate (which they did the next day). Other main Dutch cities would otherwise have suffered the same fate.
Did he ask the dutch to capitulate before this senseless killings and destroying?
@@Rick88888888 Okay, I'll say it, Hitler sucks.
Prachtig❤
Wow gaaf en aparte beelden vd vorige eeuw
80 thousand houses destroyed yet only 800 killed.
Sorry, I should have been more specific: 80.000 people lost their home. There were 25.000 homes destroyed. More details here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_bombing_of_Rotterdam
You mention nothing of the Dutch Army, Air Force and defense capabilities in this early days, why did they not exist or were so weak ? Politics ?
Dutch were always a strong Naval state and you had Fokker. What went wrong post WWI >?
Watch my other videos about WW-II in the Netherlands. There are plenty on my channel and I cannot repeat the same things in every video. There is so much to tell!
Aeroplanes. The Netherlands used to be easy to invade but almost impossible to take because of the Waterlinie, strategic inundation around the West part mainly so the ports and the naval ports would remain operational while the invading soldiers were sitting ducks in a few feet of water.
The ground forces were rather outdated compared what Germany had to offer, there were not many tanks and what was there was rather obsolete.
Also in numbers the Dutch army simply couldn't defend themselves against the large colonnes of German troops passing the border.
The Navy hadn't a role because Germany didn't invade the Netherlands from the sea.
The strengthening of the air force, which would be the major factor in defending the Netherlands in those first days, was underway.
Modern planes like the Fokker D21 and G1 and Koolhoven Fk58 were being introduced at the time but the implementation of those planes in the Air Force came a bit too late, so couldn't be produced in large enough numbers to make any difference.
They had a quite good kill ratio on German planes in those four days, but the numerical superiority of the German Luftwaffe made the Dutch Air Force almost non existent after those few days, the Germans could put up at least 10 times as many planes against the defenders.
So after four days the German bombers met not much resistance anymore, just some AA, on their way to Rotterdam, and the sheer devastation of the city led to the decision to capitulate, as further resistance would only delay the inevitable feat and lead to more destruction and deaths.
Just look at the UK, despite having the English channel as a physical barrier and being able to produce far more planes they struggled to defend themselves from being invaded and needed to acquire even more additional planes from the US (P-40 Tomahawk) from the US to be able to put enough assets up against Germany.
We became sort of a pacifist country in the interbellum of WW1 and WW2, the pacifist movement of the broken little rifle (het gebroken geweertje), was very outspoken and influential. They said there would be no war after the gruesome WW1 (not gruesome for us by the way, we were neutral back then), so The Netherlands didn’t invest in military defense of our country and colonies. The depression didn’t help to seek funds for strengthening defense either and besides, we heavily depended on our neutrality which helped us in WW1. So three reasons, pacifism, lack of funding and neutrality.
As far as i know the Nertherlands capitulated before the bombing of rotterdam in an attempt to avoid that very bombing... i guess i was wrong then.
They surrendered after the bombers were in the air, and could not be contacted about the surrender
Exactly @@Manse2014 , the video says Netherlands capitulated after the bombing, but that is not what happend.
@@mindwis3No that is what happened. The city of Rotterdam capitulated before the bombing. Rotterdam was bombed by only a part of the Luftwaffe force. That part did not received the order to call off the attack or ignored it. If Rotterdam had been bombed full force then the devastation would have been much worse. After bombing of Rotterdam, the Germans threatened to bomb other cities to pieces and that is why the government surrendered. The Germans had expected that the campaign in the Netherlands would last two days but it lasted longer. It was vital to Fall Gelb that NL would fall fast.
Horrible!!...Did you see how Italy was destroyed!
1.48 de camera was op een pole gemonteerd ...wat nu een drone de opnames maakt.
Ik zou zeggen dat ze domweg de camera met de hijskraan hebben gehesen, wellicht compleet met de cameraman eraan bungelend...
Je kan de schaduw van het hijs blok zien
dat heet een hijskraan ja
De goeie ouwe tijd
What about the bombing of Middelburg?
Maybe in the next episodes. So far I don't have any footage of that bombing
ruclips.net/video/BPx45q_L9po/видео.html
Jammer hè.
Good footage.
Despicable cultural marxists acts as if it was all bad because 1% of the European population was involved in the slave trade.
Which all people's were doing at the time, and the British, by great effort, by Christian motivation, went deeply out of their own way to abolish it world wide as best as they could.
This is all true, see the work of Thomas Sowell for example, believe in the gospel, be well.
I think less than one percent of the population thinks white Europe didn’t need saving because of its history.
Дякую Rick , за чудове відео ! Ми - переможемо ! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦