Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
4:05 | Henk Duinhoven recalls the confusion that set in as Operation Market Garden began and the Germans and their collaborators scrambled to defend their occupied territory.
Keywords : German soldiers telephone Operation Market Garden paratrooper
Henk Duinhoven remembers how the war seemed to sneak up on the Dutch people, and their cautious reaction to the German invasion.
When the Dutch people go on strike against the treatment of the Jews, the occupying Germans set out to prove a point.
Henk Duinhoven's brother refuses to defer to a German soldier on the train and shocks his fellow travelers.
Henk Duinhoven tells the story of how his brother found a way to leave Holland without running afoul of the German invaders.
Henk Duinhoven and two of his friends have a frightening encounter with a German Paratrooper.
Henk Duinhoven remembers the treatment of Jewish people as the occupation of Holland progressed.
Henk Duinhoven recalls the confusion that set in as Operation Market Garden began and the Germans and their collaborators scrambled to defend their occupied territory.
Henk Duinhoven tells the story of Operation Market Garden through a child's eyes.
Henk Duinhoven, his family, and the Dutch people in general suffer with a lack of food and resources as the Germans fight back against the Allied Forces as Operation Market Garden carries on.
