Holocaust survivor recounts Dutch resistance, hiding of Jewish families and liberation at Bergen-Belsen

An unidentified speaker, described in the meeting as a Holocaust survivor and author, recounted living in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation, including his father’s role in the Dutch resistance in The Hague and the family’s work hiding Jewish people on farms.

"My parents became the head of the resistance in The Hague," the speaker said, describing three core resistance tasks: sabotage of records, creating false identity documents and moving people to hiding places. He said the resistance relied on bicycles after vehicles were confiscated, which is the origin of his book title Resistance on a Bicycle.

The speaker described mass arrests and deportations,…