"In Weteringschans Prison in Amsterdam, Carel Steensma made a Christmas tree out of the cardboard used for blacking out the window. The strips were cut with a fork that had been sharpened on the floor. The snow is made from a bandage wrapped around a gunshot wound, the decorations from the silver foil of medicinal powders. During the day the tree was kept hidden. On Christmas Eve 1941, carols were sung round the tree. The prisoners from all the other cells soon joined in. "
from the Museum of the Dutch Resistance
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