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'''Geertruida Elisabeth Middendorp''' ([[November 21]] [[1911]] - [[July 13]] [[2007]]) was a member of the [[Dutch Resistance]] during the second world war. |
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She married Hendrick Middendorp ( [[October 2]] [[1911]] - [[July 13]] [[1989]]) in [[1934]] |
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==Activities during the War Years== |
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The individual Dutch person , as was Geertruida & Hendrick Middendorp, horrified and appalled at the spectacle of people being rounded up and taken away to an unknown fate. |
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During this time Geertruida worked at the telegraph a Dutch newspaper firm, around this time Geertruida had become active in the Dutch underground, this would have gaven her the opportunity to distibute any underground newspapers (especially as their telephone lines had been distroyed by the advancing German's, and use of radiotransmitters was much too dangerous because of German direction-finding operations. <ref>Insert footnote text here</ref> These newspapers helped counterbalance Nazi propaganda and the German-controlled media. However De Telegraaf was transferred and/or controlled in this time of the SS. The illegal press flourished in the Netherlands during the German Occupation of 1940-1945. The titles are known of almost thirteen hundred illegal papers and leaflets. Some only appeared for a short time, while others were issued throughout the five years of the occupation. A few were handwritten, but most were duplicated, and some were actually printed. The majority of the illegal papers appeared in print runs of a few hundred, but some achieved a circulation of some tens of thousands. |
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Geertruida was active in supplying and hiding Jewish refugees supplying food coupons when ever possible: They had rescued many Jews from certain death at the hands of the Nazi SS. |
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Geertruida as did her sister began taking in refugees, some of whom were Jews, others members of the resistance movement sought by the Gestapo and its Dutch counterpart, either in Geertriuda's family home or at the ''Cafe Monopole Amstel in Amsterdam.' |
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'During the occupation Hendrick was sent to Germany as forced labour to work in the BMW factory, he was able to get back to Holland, he became a fugitive, he stayed with Geertruide's sister in the ''''''Hotel Monopol Anstel in Amsterdam'''''' later he was able to aquire a pass & was given work in the community kitchen in Amsterdam. |
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The mandatory wearing of the yellow star, which went into effect in late April, 1940, infurated the Middendorp family as did informer's and collaberators. |
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<ref>Insert footnote text here</ref>Many gentiles did try to show their sympathy. The underground newspaper, De Vonk printed 300,000 paper stars with inscription, "Jews and Non-Jews are ones." 23 students at one school were sent for two weeks to Amersfoort concentration camp for wearing such stars. The wearing of the yellow star now made it ever so much easier to identify Jews once the roundups would begin. Knowing this aspect, Geertruida chose to change her own coat to help save a Jew, which some say was very foolish, but, you had to know & meet Geertruida & Hendrick Middendorp |
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to understand why? |
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By mid 1944-45, Geertruida took her two sons over the Yselmeer (YselLake) by a barge to Freisland to a farm, one to keep the boys safe and the second reason was the coupons she could use to feed the refugees. |
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==References== |
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#1 ^ See Ten days campaign |
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#2 ^ The Dutch Resistance and the OSS — Central Intelligence Agency |
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#3 ^ The Dutch Resistance and the OSS — Central Intelligence Agency |
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#4 ^ De Telegraaf |
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#5 ^THE PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS |
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< http://www.-lib.usc.edu/~anthonya/war/main.htm |
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