Ellen Burka escaped deportation to Nazi Death Camps Auschwitz and Sobibor because she was a figure skating star. She was sent to concentration camp Theresienstadt instead and survived the Holocaust. After the war she settled in Canada with her two daughters Petra and Astra and became an immensely successful skating coach. Ellen’s daughter Astra made a film about her mother’s life called ‘Skate to Survive’. We talk to Astra about Ellen’s inspiring story, and Astra’s own work as an architect and filmmaker.
Host Tom Bijvoet finds out what his Canadian producer and co-presenter Mike Wixson has learned by sitting in on 24 episodes of Dutch the...
Cookies, coleslaw, donuts, pancakes, waffles, pretzels, and even Santa Claus can be traced back to the 17th century settlement of New Netherland. We explore...
Dutch the magazine columnist Stuart Billinghurst came to the Netherlands from England purely by chance. Twenty years later he is still there. He tells...
