Interview with Henricus Josef Anthonius Huffener,

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Dutch civilian member of Dutch Resistance in Utrecht and Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1941-1945

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REEL 1 Background in Utrecht and Bilthoven, 1923-1939: family circumstances; education; attitude towards right-wing National Socialist Movement; interest in aviation; visit of Ernst Udet to Netherlands; attitude towards Dutch neutrality, 1939. Aspects of German invasion of Netherlands, 1940: elder brother Carolus Huffener's military service with Dutch Army near Den Helder, 5/1940; sight of German Army's entry into Utrecht area; Dutch attitude towards Germans. Recollections of period as member of Dutch Resistance in Netherlands, 1941-1943: initial involvement with Dutch Resistance, 1941; establishment of concentration camps for Dutch Jewish civilians; friendship with Betty Cadbury; role in evacuation of Zionist settlement; role of Jewish Council; fate of Dutch Jews under the German occupation; his advice to Jews not to obey the Jewish Council. REEL 2 Continues: attitude of Dutch Jews to their own safety, 1942-1943; dependence of Jews in hiding on supplies from resistance; retrieving buried champagne bottles; individual Jewish civilians he helped; his arrest by Germans in Arnhem, 3/1943. Aspects of period as forced labourer in Germany, 1943: payment and diet of forced labourers; initial processing; temporary escape from German custody; industrial work in Dortmund area; living conditions; securing better employment. REEL 3 Continues: escape back to Netherlands with use of German leave pass, 23/9/1943. Recollections of period as member of Dutch Resistance in Netherlands, 1943-1945: character of German police forces; discovery that Schutzstaffel (SS) had been looking for him; resistance activities he became involved in after 9/1943; role of Dutch Land Watch; use of timing pencils for railway sabotage; results of brother Joep Huffener's sabotage; sister Anne Huffener's role in escape line from Netherlands to Switzerland; story of acquiring a Dutch passport in 1942; character of Dutch identity cards. REEL 4 Continues: raid on family home, 2/1943; move to Amsterdam, 1943; accommodation in Jodenbuurt Ghetto, Amsterdam; German raid on Jodenbuurt Ghetto, Amsterdam, 1943; psychological effect of resistance activities; return to family home in Bilthoven; second move to Amsterdam; food shortage in Amsterdam, late 1944; foraging for food in countryside, 1944-1945. Aspects of German Occupation of Netherlands, 1940-1945: effect of Dutch Government-in-Exile; comparison between Netherlands and Belgium under German occupation; reaction to failure of Operation Market Garden, 9/1944; question of political affiliations of Prince Bernhard. REEL 5 Continues: story of Peter Menten's refuge in Netherlands after Second World War; arrest of collaborator Peter Menten; degree of knowledge of Marinus van der Lubbe, the Reichstag arsonist; further details of Prince Bernard and Princess Juliana; background to Special Operations Executive failure in Netherlands; Prince Bernard's post-war fortunes. REEL 6 Continues: opinion of Dutch Government-in-Exile in London during Second World War.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Huffener, Henricus Josef Anthonius (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1999-12-13
Dimensions: whole: Duration 160, Number Of Items 6
Catalogue number: 19918

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