boozehoundabt12

Yes. I have listened to my father closely on the few occasions he spoke about it. Were you in Amsterdam? Did you know my fahter in /48 because the odds are you were both on the same ship with Edit: sorry thought was pm'íng. Removing names of third parties to respect their privacy.

In the Dutch Resistance, the resistance fighters ate quite well. My father said he never went hungry.

Very different from the general population. Especially in regards to Hunger Winter

The grandson Anglicized it. He isn't Dutch.

My father's family were caught harboring Jews very early after the invasion. The Germans arrested all the males, his father and 5 brothers. They were taken to prison and placed in front of a firing squad. Dad said the officer went through the motions, Ready, Aim and then turned to them and said something to the effect (paraphrased from memory, my father has passed away) "We are winning the war. Do you want to lose your entire family?" And they all went to jail for either 3 or 6 months. On release the family men joined the resistance. The person who shopped them was a Jew

They had to join the resistance otherwise the Germans would of come back for them and shipped them off to work.

My Godfather is mid-way in age between my father and your grandfather. He came from Enschede? on the German border. He was caught by the Germans, like the boys on the truck your grandfather escaped, and worked in a mine.

A big thanks to you and your Opa for the AMA.