Five Brothers and a War

1942 Summary

Mar 21

German bureaucrat Sauckel takes over at Arbeitseinsatz. Dutch government in London forms Special Advisory Council.

Mar 27

Dutch hold-out army unit at Enrekang, Celebes, last to surrender.

Apr 01

Compulsory labor conscription (NAD). Start of deportation of Jewish patients from hospitals.

Apr 10

Pastoral letter expresses concern over increasing disregard of basic human rights.

Apr 13

Henk Sneevliet, leader of resistance group RSAP, executed with six others.

Apr 14

In his first attempt, Sauckel urges Dutch employers to send 30,000 laborers for work in Germany.

Apr 18

First Allied air raid on Tokyo.

Apr 20

Dutch beaches off-limits to civilians.

Apr 22

Allied trial raid on French coast near Boulogne.

Apr 29

Dutch Jews forced to wear yellow Star.

Apr 30

Nederlands Arbeidsfront formed, Woudenberg appointed leader.

Apr

Japanese start placing Europeans in “protective custody” in occupied Dutch East Indies. First copies of resistance papers reach “London.”

May 03

Germans execute the first 72 found guilty in the major “OD-trial.”

May 04

Over 460 well-known Dutchmen taken hostage as leverage against acts of resistance. GAB of Arnhem put to torch by resistance. Germans execute the 24 resistance workers convicted at the Maastricht “OD-LOF trial.” About 2,000 Dutch army career officers taken anew in captivity to Germany. Himmler and Heydrich visit Holland.

May 11

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May 17

Members Dutch SS pledge allegiance to Hitler.

May 30

Allies carry out first large-scale bombing raid on Germany, Cologne heavily hit.

Jun 13

First large group of Dutch labor conscripts off to Germany. British take heavy losses in North Africa. Start of deportation of Jews from camp Westerbork.

Jun 26

General Eisenhower assumes command US Army in Europe.

Jun 30

Curfew between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. for Jews.

Jul 02

Montgomery stops Axis advance at El Alamein.

Jul 11

Dutch churches protest by cable to Seyß-Inquart planned deportation of Dutch Jews. Beginning of large-scale round-ups of Jews (ages 15 - 40) in Amsterdam.

Jul 14

Jul 19

Germans try to seize all bicycles in The Hague and Rotterdam.

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