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The Hunger Winter

The Hunger Winter

FromWitness History: World War Two


The Hunger Winter

FromWitness History: World War Two

ratings:
Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Jan 22, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

At the end of World War Two, millions of people in the west of Nazi-occupied Netherlands faced starvation.

The lucky ones survived on watery bread, potato peel or tulip bulbs.

Witness speaks to one Dutchman who lived through what became known as the Hunger Winter.

PHOTO: Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
Released:
Jan 22, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

More than 50 first-hand accounts of significant moments in WW2. Looking back at almost six years of global conflict, from Hiroshima to the Holocaust.