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[[Petronella Hauser (nonfiction)|Petronella Catharina Hauser]], a 27-year old teacher from Rotterdam, described in her diary how famine affected daily life. During the last winter of the war, the Hunger Winter, as it was known, the Germans blockaded much of the Netherlands, cutting off food and fuel supplies in response to a Dutch rail strike intended to help the Allies. | —[[Petronella Hauser (nonfiction)|Petronella Catharina Hauser]], a 27-year old teacher from Rotterdam, described in her diary how famine affected daily life. During the last winter of the war, the Hunger Winter, as it was known, the Germans blockaded much of the Netherlands, cutting off food and fuel supplies in response to a Dutch rail strike intended to help the Allies. | ||
* [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/15/arts/dutch-war-diaries.html Dutch War Diaries] @ NY Times | * [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/15/arts/dutch-war-diaries.html Dutch War Diaries] @ NY Times | ||
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Revision as of 20:45, 11 May 2020
War Diary entries for February 8.
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Petronella Catharina Hauser: February 8, 1945
I couldn’t sleep last night because I was so hungry! I got out of bed and took one of my three slices of bread for the next day. There was also a pan with boiled brown peas for the next day. I took some of those, too. I felt like a thief in my own home … ! Feel sick today.
—Petronella Catharina Hauser, a 27-year old teacher from Rotterdam, described in her diary how famine affected daily life. During the last winter of the war, the Hunger Winter, as it was known, the Germans blockaded much of the Netherlands, cutting off food and fuel supplies in response to a Dutch rail strike intended to help the Allies.
- Dutch War Diaries @ NY Times
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- Dutch War Diaries @ NY Times