Rika and Waldemar Nods with son – The Netherlands, 1930s. The interracial business family famously hid Jewish citizens in their guesthouses during WWII. Rika was sent to Ravensbrück camp where she died. Waldemar was sent to drown – safely swimming to shore, he was shot down. [1056×1457]

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Senegalese troops fighting for France in Vietnam in 1954. The French used lots of colonial soldiers in Vietnam because the war was so unpopular back in France.[2091 x 1360] »

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TheAfternoonStandard

Background: https://www.hmd.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/old-images/life_story_waldemar_nods_2.pdf

The film based on their life, ‘Sonny Boy’: https://youtu.be/hlBP32-kHvU

The book based on the life of the family ‘The Boy Between Worlds’ by Annejet van der Zijl: https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Between-Worlds-Story-Love-ebook/dp/B07D8P8DS7
doubleddan39

Wow I am so tired I’ll have to read this tomorrow, thanks!

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