![]() ![]() Understandably, Fry gets emotional at points, as he talks about his family’s experiences in the Holocaust and learns about Willem and Frieda’s respective homosexuality. In an inspiring bout of bravery, Willem came up with a plan with fellow artists to destroy the building, and, in turn, the second copies. The feat is made even more incredible when we’re informed of just how sophisticated the Dutch Nazis’ identity card system was each card the authorities issued also had a backup, stored in the Amsterdam Central Records Office. This moving, personal documentary sees Stephen Fry travel to the Netherlands to explore the story of Willem Arondeus and Frieda Belinfante, two artists who used their creative skills to forge identity cards that saved thousands of Jews from the Nazi death camps in the Second World War. Stephen Fry: Willem & Frieda – Defying the Nazis
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