Portrait of Anton Adriaan Mussert

00:00:02 PORTRAIT OF ANTON ADRIAAN MUSSERT

00:03:06 Mussert was born in Werkendam.

00:05:09 He took the exam at Military School and I'm sure that he must have...

00:07:42 He only asks himself one thing: what can I do for the Netherlands?

00:09:45 All Dutch highways will have to be built as viaducts...

00:11:57 who accused him of high treason.

00:13:43 That probably bothered him, because he was an energetic man.

00:16:02 Mussert felt like a national prophet, a visionary.

00:18:35 where the "Dutch race" had once fought before.

00:21:22 That was his ambition.

00:24:35 And then he met Hitler.

00:27:06 Air support brought relief.

00:30:10 who have not yet understood...

00:32:18 "Adolf Hitler, the Führer..."

00:35:09 It was during the war, during the most heated period.

00:37:38 He thought that by making sacrifices at the eastern front, the Dutch people...

00:39:57 After his execution, his death...

00:42:42 we had to show that we were prepared to make a sacrifice.

00:46:12 At the same time, Mussert was coming down the stairs here.

00:48:07 he looked triumphant and we looked... like we should be happy to be there.

00:50:11 He based his defence on his struggle against the SS...

00:52:01 that the Germans saw them in a positive light.

00:54:02 of which the folklore has disappeared far into the past.

01:19:03 table in Munich...