The videos show the work on the spot and in addition a rare video from the end of the war is presented, in which members of the Dutch underground shaved a local girl from her hair due to the fact that she had a romantic relationship with a German. The method of shaving the heads of girls who collaborated with the Nazis was common throughout Europe, and it was a way for the liberated peoples to take revenge on the women who hosted the occupier and even formed a romantic relationship with him.
The city of Ork itself became a huge labor camp where the Germans employed many Dutch people for their projects. The Dutch gained relative freedom in this camp and took pictures of their life in the labor camp, but over time towards the end of the war German oppression became more extreme and difficult and many Dutch were afraid to openly photograph what was happening there.
However, a Dutchman who came from the north of the country and worked at the pumping station set up there between 11940 and 1942, was a lone filmmaker and filmed many video clips of the camp over the years, until its liberation from the Germans in 1945. The photographer kept the videos for years. .
The videos found shed light and add many details about the period when the Dutch were enslaved to the German war machine. As mentioned, apart from the video of the shaving of the women’s head, there is a record of the forced labor in the place.