Tragedy & Betrayal in the Dutch Resistance
Tragedy & Betrayal in the Dutch Resistance On the night of 31 March 1945, five men were woken and taken from their cells in the city of Zwolle, in The Netherlands. The corpses were left behind as the…
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Tragedy & Betrayal in the Dutch Resistance
On the night of 31 March 1945, five men were woken and taken from their cells in the city of Zwolle, in The Netherlands. The corpses were left behind as the Germans left the scene. They were put in a vehicle and escorted by the German occupying forces to a street nearby, where all five were lined up and executed.
Although the liberation was at hand (Zwolle would be freed less than two weeks later), these men did not live to see it.This book not only reveals what the men had done and the reasons behind their execution, but also the experiences of their wives, who had tried to obtain their husbands' release, while other women were deported to concentration camps. Whether by accident or betrayal, these men had fallen in to the clutches of the Sicherheitsdienst, the Nazi intelligence service. Attention is also paid to the execution and the process leading up to