Article 5TJ1C Frozen in time: clock that tells tale of Jewish resistance in wartime Amsterdam

Frozen in time: clock that tells tale of Jewish resistance in wartime Amsterdam

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Jennifer Rankin
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Artefacts from hideout of family sent to Auschwitz death camp with Anne Frank and her family are put on display in Netherlands

A clock that is the sole surviving object from a second world war Jewish hideout will go on display at Amsterdam's Dutch Resistance Museum this year.

The round mantelpiece clock may have been one of the last things people saw as they were seized by the Nazis and sent to death camps.

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