Netherlands History
The Legacy of Nazi Occupation
This book analyses how France, Belgium and the Netherlands emerged from the Second World War. Pieter Lagrou offers a genuinely comparative approach, based on extensive archival research.
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Nazi Looting
Translated by Arnold Pomerans with Erica PomeransThe Nazi looting machine was notoriously efficient during the Second World War. In the Netherlands, 8.5 million citizens suffered losses estimated at 3.6 billion guilders.
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Peeling Apples
Tessa Morris-Suzuki was brought up in England and the Netherlands and has spent much of her adult life moving between Canberra (where she lives) and Japan (where she conducts research).
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Princes, posts and partisans
During the Dutch War (1672-78), the French army used "petite guerre" or partisan warfare in its attempt to drive the Spanish from the southern Netherlands.
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Beyond Anne Frank
The image of the Jewish child hiding from the Nazis was shaped by Anne Frank, whose house--the most visited site in the Netherlands-- has become a shrine to the Holocaust.
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Comparing Empires
By consulting rare manuscripts, images, maps and books, Jonathan Hart explores the relatively neglected empires of Portugal and the Netherlands to draw new conclusions about those of Spain, France, and England (as well as its successor the US).
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