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Cabinet Minister Bolkestein's Speech
Cabinet Minister Bolkestein's Speech

The transcript of a speech given by Cabinet Minister Gerritt Bolkestein on March 24, 1944. The second paragraph from the bottom of the second page reads, "History cannot be written on the basis of official decisions and documents alone. If our descendants are to understand fully what we as a nation have had to endure and overcome during these years, then what we really need are ordinary documents--a diary, letters from a worker in Germany, a collection of sermons given by a parson or priest. Not until we succeed in bringing together vast quantities of this simple, everyday material will the picture of our struggle for freedom be painted in its full depth and glory."

Origin Netherlands Institute for War Documentation
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Anne Frank's Photo Album
Facsimile of Anne Frank's First Diary
Anne Frank's Stories and Events from the Annex
Anne Frank's Book of Nice Sentences
Anne Frank's Third Diary Notebook
Loose Pages
Anne Frank Ice Skating
One of the Last Photos of Anne Frank
Entrance to the "Secret Annex"
Anne's Room
Images from the Wall of Anne Frank's Room
Cabinet Minister Bolkestein's Speech
Only Known Film Footage of Anne Frank
Film Footage of Jewish Quarter in Amsterdam, 1942