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Description
Eleven interviews, nine audio and two video, capture the experiences of women who were members of the Dutch National Socialist Movement (NSB) between 1931 and 1945. The project was conducted by Aletta, Institute for Women's History in 2008 to document the life stories of women who chose the side of the occupier during World War II. The interviews focus on memories of NSB activities during the occupation, experiences after Dolle Dinsdag, and the period of internment.
Use Cases
Analyze narrative themes of ideology and choice based on interview descriptions of growing up in NSB families.
Study the construction of memory and taboo based on descriptions of women's reluctance to be filmed.
Examine the demographics and motivations of political membership based on the description of the NSVO having 20,000 members, one-third of the NSB.
Research post-war societal reckoning based on mentions of internment and the Bijzondere Rechtspleging (Special Administration of Justice).
Strengths
Contains primary source material from 11 first-person interviews.
Focuses on a specific, under-documented demographic: female members of the Dutch NSB.
Interviews were conducted by a specialized historical institute, Aletta.
Project led to a follow-up study, 'Dochters van 'foute' ouders', indicating scholarly value.
Limitations
Interviews are described as 'limited toegankelijk' (limited access), requiring direct contact with the institute.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
The sample size of 11 interviews is small for broad quantitative analysis.