From director Steve McQueen, informed by the book 'ATLAS OF AN OCCUPIED CITY' by Bianca Stigter. OCCUPIED CITY – Coming Soon.
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00:00 In May 1940, Amsterdam was taken over by the Germans.
00:10 Immediately they set the clock forward, so it was the same time in Amsterdam as in Berlin.
00:16 The weather report disappeared from the newspapers.
00:19 It was now a military secret.
00:21 All street lights were turned off.
00:23 Dutch organisations were Nazified or forbidden.
00:28 In 1941, the Nazis started to ban Jews from parks, pools, shops, cafes and schools, from all public life.
00:37 Music by Jewish composers could no longer be played.
00:44 In 1941, they started rounding people up.
00:49 In 1942, the deportations began.
00:59 In 1942, the Germans took over the city.
01:09 In 1942, the Germans took over the city.
01:19 In 1942, the Germans took over the city.
01:29 (music fades)
01:32 (thunder)