Bollman spoke about how Dutch men ages 18-40 were recruited to either join the German army or to work for the war effort. She also discussed how her uncle, who was a banker and a photographer, was asked to take photos to create fake identification cards that would make someone either younger or older so that they would not be taken away.
Students had prepared questions in advance and were fascinated to find out that her family hid a Dutch pilot, who was in the middle age range, in a secret room behind her parents’ bedroom.
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