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Woven In Courage Eps 7 January 1945 Life & Death

In the brutal heart of the Dutch Hunger Winter, survival wasn’t just about food—it was about courage, resistance, and choosing to risk everything for others.
Welcome to Episode 8 of Woven in Courage—a gripping journey into January 1945, one of the coldest and deadliest months of World War II in the Netherlands. As the Nazi occupation tightened its grip and famine swept across the nation, young resistance couriers like Freddie Visser—a 22-year-old Dutchman and grandfather of host David Visser—faced an impossible choice: hide and survive… or fight and risk everything.
Through the chilling pages of Freddie’s wartime journal, this episode reveals the hidden operations of Group 2000and the Landelijke Organisatie voor Hulp aan Onderduikers (LO)—the national resistance network dedicated to saving lives and sabotaging Nazi control. With coded Bible verses, secret messages, and close calls with betrayal and death, this was war in the shadows.
You’ll hear:
Harrowing details of the Hongerwinter (Hunger Winter), where families ate tulip bulbs and froze in silence.
The execution of known collaborators, including Berbus Oosterhof, and the chilling consequences that followed.
The role of ministers turned resistance fighters, like Ds. Lammers and Minister Hoekstra, who delivered salvation with scripture and, when necessary, a bullet.
A growing web of underground operations in Groningen, as Nazi forces closed in—and the Dutch spirit refused to break.
Emotional journal entries that blend fear, faith, and fierce defiance—showing a young man transforming into a freedom fighter.
As Freddie hides in a boat, spins wool to survive, and runs through snow-stained streets under fire, this episode lays bare the life-or-death stakes of Dutch resistance in WWII. It’s a deeply personal and historically rich narrative that reminds us: freedom was never free.
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Woven in Courage Eps 8 Stillness & Sabotage

Woven in Courage | Episode 8: Stillness and Sabotage
In the bitter cold of February and March 1945, the Netherlands was starving, hunted, and on edge. This episode takes you deep into the final months of Nazi occupation through the eyes and hidden journal of a young Dutch resistor in Groningen. As Allied bombs thunder overhead and Nazi collaborators lurk around every corner, he spins wool in silence—masking resistance work behind the hum of a spinning wheel.
From coded Bible verses to rabbit deliveries for those in hiding, Stillness and Sabotage unravels the quiet defiance that helped feed and shelter the Dutch resistance. You'll hear of daring ambushes near Dokkum, the tragic death of Jan Koene, and the secret messages woven into children’s books and devotional stories. Each journal entry is a breath held, each visitor a potential threat—or an ally.
✨ What you'll hear:
The brutal reality of the Dutch Hunger Winter
How Group 2000 may have used coded literature to coordinate sabotage
The emotional toll of living with collaborators and informants nearby
Air-raid alarms, resistance drop zones, and the ever-present need to “sit still”
Historical insights from WWII experts and Dutch resistance records
This isn't just history. It's survival. It's courage. It's the story of one family, one journal, and a fight for freedom stitched between lines of stillness.
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Woven in Courage Eps: 9 The Aftermath of Silence

🎙️ Episode 9: The Aftermath of Silence — Woven in Courage
In this gripping episode of Woven in Courage, host David Visser takes listeners deep into one of the most harrowing and pivotal moments in Dutch history.
Following the unintended ambush of SS General Hanns Albin Rauter, the highest-ranking Nazi official in the Netherlands, the Dutch resistance—and the nation—braced for retaliation. What came next was one of the largest Nazi reprisals of World War II: the execution of 263 innocent Dutch hostages.
Through powerful storytelling, first-hand journal entries, and historical analysis, Episode 9 explores the days of fear, silence, and unimaginable courage that followed. As Allied forces closed in and the Battle of Groningen loomed, civilians faced starvation, violence, and the collapse of everything familiar. Meanwhile, resistance members—like David’s grandfather—continued to hide, to help, and to hope.
🔸 The secret meetings and coded messages🔸 The courtroom reckoning of Rauter and his chilling final defense🔸 The haunting beauty of flowers laid at forbidden graves🔸 And the quiet resilience that echoed louder than gunfire
This is not just a story of war—it’s a story of humanity under siege, of voices defying silence, and of what it means to resist in the face of darkness
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