Germany's connection to the September 11 attacks
A bilingual Dutch story with sentence-by-sentence English translation. Level: INTERMEDIATE (CEFR). Tap any word in the DuoBook reader for an instant translation.
De aanslagen op 11 september veranderden de hele wereld voorgoed.
The September 11 attacks changed the entire world forever.
Veel mensen keken in totale shock naar het nieuws.
Many people watched the news in total shock.
De tragedie verwoestte de tweelingtorens in New York.
The tragedy destroyed the twin towers in New York.
Bijna drieduizend onschuldige mensen kwamen die dag om het leven.
Almost three thousand innocent people died that day.
Onder de slachtoffers waren elf Duitse burgers.
Among the victims were eleven German citizens.
De Duitse president had moeite om deze gebeurtenissen te begrijpen.
The German president struggled to understand these events.
Het was moeilijk om de juiste woorden te vinden.
It was difficult to find the right words.
Onderzoekers ontdekten al snel een link naar Hamburg.
Investigators soon discovered a link to Hamburg.
Een groep genaamd de Hamburg-cel plande de aanslag.
A group called the Hamburg cell planned the attack.
Mohammed Atta leidde deze groep vanuit de stad.
Mohammed Atta led this group from the city.
Hij was jaren eerder naar Duitsland gekomen om te studeren.
He had arrived in Germany to study years earlier.
Het nieuws beïnvloedde het veiligheidsbeleid van het land diep.
The news deeply affected the nation's security policies.
Duitsland moest zijn nationale veiligheid heroverwegen.
Germany had to rethink its national security.
De wereld bleef voor altijd getekend door deze dag.
The world remained forever marked by this day.
Vocabulary (Dutch)
- attacks
- aanslagen
- shock
- shock
- tragedy
- tragedie
- innocent
- onschuldig
- victims
- slachtoffers
- citizens
- burgers
- events
- gebeurtenissen
- investigators
- onderzoekers
- link
- link
- group
- groep
- planned
- plande
- security
- veiligheid
- policies
- beleid
- marked
- getekend
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