Making Choices: The Dutch Resistance During World War II | Full Movie | John Witte 

I was born in Rotterdam in 1943. My father was called up got forced labour in Germany. My mother gave me to her mother and we went to her hotel in Arnhem. My mother followed my father dresses as a nurse and helped him escape. They lived underground till the war was over. Our family eventually reunited and my father decided to emigrate from the mess of Europe. He chose Australia as he had been born in Dutch East Indies. We never talked about the war. I later joined the Australian Army becoming a lieutenant colonel.

We zullen jullie blijven eren,herinneren en herdenken. Bedankt tot in de eeuwigheid. 🇳🇱

My in-laws were in the Dutch Resistance in Nijimegen during WW2. My father in law on the Resistance "front line" and my mother in law was a messenger for them. Now both are deceased, but to us, they are true heroes. God Bless them all.......

To all the heroes… never ever say you did not do enough. Thank you for all that you did.

I had a great-uncle who was a makeup artist for the Royal Amsterdam Ballet. During the war he helped the Dutch Underground with disguises, makeup, wigs, costume etc. for agents and citizens they were helping to flee or to hide. He didn't speak about it but family knew and proudly, but quietly, told my brother and I.

MY GRAND PARENTS WERE IN SOBIBOR AS FRENCH RESISTERS DIED MAY 7 1943 R I P ANNA HAAS SHULZ AND EMIL SCHULZ

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” - John 15:13. Respect to the heroes who remained true to the greater love, and who continued to follow the light when the world went dark.

Thanks for your story, for surviving, for sacrificing and doing what you could to make life for the enemy as rough as you possibly could. The good guys don't win every battle but righteousness always wins in the end.

I was so moved by these stories. I wish my mother had told me more. Mam was 4 years old in Arnhem,1939 .

This the most powerful testimony I have ever witnessed, these brave people, I have read somewhere that if you save one life you save the whole world.

My mother and father survived the war in Holland. They didn't like to talk about it much but what they told me seemed so unimaginable. But hearing these people talk about it brings it all together for me. I'm always looking for things to give me some idea of what they endured. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful people with faith and immense courage. Very moving. Thank you.

just visited the Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam, hope Dutch and European never forget what dictators look like, and never believe single word from them

Thank you so very much for all you have done !!! I'm proud because my grandfather and my uncle were War heroes to, my grandpa survived, but my uncle died at a transport between Oranienburg and Bergen-Belsen. May their memory be blessed forever ! RIP 🙏🙏🙏

Incredible! Such incredible bravery and selflessness, for no other reason then “that little voice that tells you what’s right and what’s wrong”. Rest in sweet peace Heinz! 🕊🤍

Such bravery of these people. Their belief in God is amazing. Wish more were like that today

You are the dove Diet, what a saint. God Bless you and your Christian patriots. Thank you Mr Witte for this film.

These people are a living treasure and courageous beyond measure. What a life they have lived, it makes me feel so unaccomplished by comparison.

"We seek refuge in the shadow of your wings."

What a fantastic documentary. My wife is Swedish. Her grandfather was in the Swedish underground (yes, there was a Swedish underground) and would smuggle Danish Jews into Sweden. We still have the watch he used (1939 Bulova - black onyx face, mother-of-pearl hour markers, with the original crystal cover - including the small crack that was there when her grandfather gave it to her father, who gave it to my wife) when he would smuggle Jews in. I am a BIG follower of WW2, I have studied and taught it. The amazing things that were done by ordinary people during that time is astounding to me. My father-in-law, being the first true Swede I had ever met and was 12 in 1939, and I would have conversations about his growing up in Sweden during the war. He knew his father was in the underground and he was sent to near Lapland to stay with his grandparents with his brothers, sisters and mother while his father stayed in Stockholm. Fascinating to me.

I pay tribute to all Dutch believers who were so courageous during WW2 and, because of their understanding of the Jewish nation being God’s chosen people, took great risks to help and hide precious Jews. God bless each one. Shalom!

My opa was in the resistance. I miss him every day. Love you opa Koos.

Thank you for this galant story of the Dutch Resistance and of their struggles during WW2. We normally hear of the French but seldom of the Dutch. Again thank you for their stories of heart break and final conquest.

Funny how even today, tyrants believe "I was just following orders" will let them off! Let this sink in plod! We will not forget what you are doing to us even today!

One very young future ballerina did her part by dancing to make people happy, and also to make money for the Resistance at the risk of her life. At the end of the war, her teacher said she had lost too much weight and couldn't dance professionally , but should go into modeling and acting. Her name was Audrey Hepburn.

The anecdote about the German soldier who said he hated Hitler, is equally uplifting and heartbreaking. If only more people could have risen up.....

Back again for Thanksgiving 2022. "You have to have an eye for miracles." So true. I see things most people ignore and they have helped me in hard times as well as making the good times better.

From Canada, the host of the Dutch Royal Family during the WAR.. so much love & courage will never be forgotten; Canada entered the war in 1939 with EU

I've watched a lot of these type of first hand account documentary's on both WW1 and 2. This is by far the best, compiling viewing.

'I will never leave you, nor forsake you' 😉 Trust in the Lord with all your heart.❤ Wonderful and amazing people !!

Thank you for Resisting the evil Nazis, and loving the Jewish people. you will always have a place in the heart of the Eternal Gd.

These people have made good in The Eyes of The Lord.

What a powerful woman of God. She held to the words of her Father in heaven and looked fear straight in the face and survived.

I was laughing and crying at the same time. Such interesting stories. Such brave people!!

Awe inspiring doc. Brave brave people. He who saves one life....saves the world entire ❤️🙏

The connection between the Dutch and the liberating Canadians remains in 2021. Each year they send Canada tulip bulbs which are planted in honor of these days.

Psalm 91. Under the shadow of His wings one should seek refuge.

What incredible young people they were so brave so trusting in God these people truly made a difference in this earth fighting Satan and all the evil in the world. I'm in awe of each and every person that lived during that time

Excellent!!!

The unsung heroes of the war. "We didn't do enough", you did what you could at great risk.

What a story ,I watched this with tears running down my face. I am so glad you finally could tell your experiences . So sad you never got to see your fiance again. 😢 how strong you all are. To face such horrific things and look death in the face. Younger generations need to watch this and learn. You all have such a staunch faith in god. It was a miracle you survived. 🌺 I live in arnhem and have heard such storys from here too. Brave beyond belief. Lest we forget ....🌺

In most documentaries on the holocaust, you never hear any survivors talk about the grace of God or give any credit to God at all for their survival. This documentary is so refreshing to hear of Christians incorporate Jesus into their struggles and survival. I absolutely loved it! Thank you for sharing

My father in law and mom in law were in the resistance in Amsterdam during the war ! They were so courageous to stand up to the terrible evil during ww2

Please reload this with the volume turned up a little and the background music turned down. Slightly hard of hearing and have computer turned up as loud as I can get it.

Beautiful story. My father was also in the Dutch underground; one story I can tell. His comrades had captured a German soldier and brought this man to my father. They gave dad a club, and gave him the opportunity to beat him to his death, for the Germans had captured dad's older brother and he perished in a concentration camp. He would/could not do it. His comrades then did it for him.

Such Hero's

Wow, what courage you'al did your best, God Bess!

This was great. I especially liked every Bible verse especially from Psalm 91.

This is such an important account.

So moving and clear what happened. I am so sorry your country had to endure that and praise your for your efforts in stopping and halting the Germans the best you could. Thank you for your story

The Dutch are amazingly resilient. I am Canadian and I dearly love that country.

I discovered this channel some few days ago and I have the opinion it‘s one of the best in Christianity parallel mingled with history fact‘s ! Thank you so much!

Beautiful story. Thank you dear friends for having done what your conscience told you.

Thank you! Everyone, young and old, must watch and listen to this documentary.

My grandfather never talked to me about the war and the resistance, my mother told me about the stories her father and brothers told.... all I have is the stories and a single resistance pin to show what my family had done to help people.

I have always thought the Dutch and the Poles were the bravest populations during WWII. God bless them all.

I just wanted to say thank you for posting these videos. They have been so uplifting in these times

What an inspiring and moving video. Thank you so much for posting. We need to remember their stories in the coming persecutions.

thank you for posting

God bless this true heroes!!!!!

“Their guards went down, that was their big mistake” man wasn’t playing

Great respect for the resistance in a country with no hills and mountains. There is no place to hide and find shelter in Holland. A band couldn't ambush the enemy and escape to safety, the way the Yugoslav and Greek partisans did. Dutch resistance fighters were real heroes.

My Dad was over there in WW2 said wonderful people .

Such brave people. We are now in more harrowing times. The time of the end, where as the bible says, good will become evil and evil will become good. Natural disasters will occur all over the world. The people of God will be persecuted. We need to rely totally on the Lord, as the good people in this video have done.

Dry.. interesting story. Thank you. Very brave people 🙏💁‍♀️💕

My opa hid in a windmill while Germany was approaching. He has passed now but him and his wife got a ship to New Zealand and that is where they stayed

The Dutch had the highest amount of Nazi collaborators in the war, and by far. And some of the most despicable of all were Dutch. Such as Andries Riphagen who sold out hundreds if not thousands of Jewish families. The country fell to the Nazis in just days. If there was a resistance like this it was very small, and certainly had to fight uphill. Against many of their own people as well as the Germans. God Bless the few who had the courage.

Thank you & God Bless. Amen.

Amazing people ...withe faith & courage ....

My uncle's fought in WWII For CANADA

God bless you and your Family ,Iam from Brasil

Fabulous documentary

I am in awe of these testimonies

Very brave people, who risked their lives to help others. Decent, good people. God bless them. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Thank you so much for sharing it was wonderful, so horrible and sad but yet beautiful. Praise God!

How encouraging this lady's testimony of clinging to Jesus' promises during those times.

If you ever come to the netherlands visit the resistance cemetery in Bloemendaal. 373 of them are buried there.

What a Faith!

Brilliant documentary.

THANK YOU

Respect to you all. Well done

What an amazing story , you did more that enough , best wishes .

Hallelujah!

These are all such wonderful people, to risk their lives as they did, for God's people. I have to say Diet was my personal favorite!

A beautiful video!! G-d Bless

I was born in 1969. In school, I only had a limited interest in history lessons; taking some, and leaving some. As an adult citizen of the United States of America, seeing the alarming and absurd uprising of racist, Putinist, and Trumpist sociopaths/psychopaths, I'm studying contemporary political/military history with a voracious appetite. I would like to see preventable disasters and misery PREVENTED. Thank you kindly for this presentation.

What riveting stories of God's grace. Thank you for producing this video.

I'm watching this in stages. It's hard. My mum was around John Witte's age and she was in the Dutch Resistance in Utrecht. She told me a lot of stories. But I wish she'd told me more. She died in 2011.

Mooie documentaire 🙏

Well done

27 people in one apartment? My lord.... Those poor people.

If you're hiding from the Germans, why would you be sitting next to a window playing a piano? 18:39

And so it is in every war.

This is really eye-opening. I would suggest the fictional book "Hunger Winter", because it's set in the time that he was talking about.

Same as in France! The Netherlands had more members in the Resistance than inhabitants. And, of course, no one ever colloberated. Funny, no one ever speaks about the German resistance movements. There were quite a few!

My Great Uncle was in the Dutch underground in Roermond. I believe he was one of 15 members in the city. Our family awoke the first morning as the Germans had marched in overnight and occupied the streets. My teenage mother's boyfriend, as part of a selected group, was chosen to be executed, and they were, to show that the Germans meant business from the start. My Great Uncle was interrogated by the Gestapo twice during the war and had his ribs kicked in each time, but never confessed and was released each time. My mother helped him prior to her being interred in a total of three separate German forced labor camps, successively, after she tried to escape from each. Many of the other Russians, Polish, and Dutch were machine gunned during each attempted escape. She was a lucky one. Her first forced labor camp was in the Ruhr, and she ended the war after 4 years of forced labor in Regensburg, Bavaria. We are proud of their dedication and fight.

These are good people

Does anyone happen to know the name/composer of the piano piece played during the title sequence? Thanks in advance.

Those word; Psalm 91. “Your word , O’ Lord is a lamp unto my feet . A light unto my path.” ‘ Besides, “ How can a man know his path, when his steps are from the Lord.” Ecclesiasticus.. “ Do not put off your conversion for The day of the Lord is at hand.”

Such testimonies of faith from these resistance fighters. They each put themselves in danger for their fellow man and put their trust in God