NIOD Rewind | Episode 17 - Fighting Hunger, Dealing with Shortage in WWII

What did it mean to live in Europe under German occupation? In this episode Anne van Mourik and Thijs Bouwknegt talk with professor Tatjana Tönsmeyer on the new Source Edition Fighting Hunger, Dealing with Shortage. Everyday Life under Occupation in World War II Europe. How did these two volumes come about, and what sources does it cover? And in what way did food shortages affect the lives of ordinary people as well as specific groups such as Jews, Sinti and Roma, and women — and how did they cope with it? (Image: Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe Marburg, Image Archive)