Thank You to our Supporters!

A film like Dresden 1957 is an enormous undertaking for a small team, but we're able to do it because of incredible support from the community: people who believe that stories like this should not be lost and those who lose their lives building this country should not be forgotten.

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Support DRESDEN 1957

  • Harry Oldewening - to the memory of my father, Jan Oldewening. To this day I often think about him, and mourn for him.

  • I.A. - I grew up in Chatham and remember hearing about this tragedy.

  • Cara Hovius

  • Julie Green - Dedicated to the memories of Canadian workers who have died on the job.

  • Albert van der Heide

  • Randy Kobayashi

  • Matthew Falls - I spent my career working in the Heavy Civil Construction Industry. My interest in this documentary lies within.

  • Wendy Newman - Dedicated to Enne & Wiebrand Hovius

  • David Hannon

  • Davis Daley - We are acquainted with 2 of the family survivors.

  • Carine Bavelaar-Croon - This is a way to honour the victims and relatives of this catastrophe

  • G.L. - We should not forget those who died.

  • Patricia Hovius - my husband's father and brother died in the 1957 cave-in.

  • Wendy Newman - Dedicated to Enne & Wiebrand Hovius

  • Thomas Telfer

  • Annie Glaser - to the memory of my father, Jan Oldewening

  • Jack and Anna Hovius - We are distantly related to the Hovius family in this story.

  • Leonard Priestley

  • Jim Feeley

  • William Nichols - My interest is historical

  • Steve Hoeg

  • Robert Pal

  • Darren Bosch

  • Tina Bosch Ladd

  • Elizabeth Yetman

  • Eric Hovius - This film tells an important story about a dark chapter in my family's history.

  • Jocelyn Morris

  • Jason Tenter

  • Will Bosch - With best wishes for success

  • Grace Schipper - I am from the Aylmer area and have heard about this story many times.

  • Dave Simons

  • Vander Laan family

  • Rudy Oldewening

  • Judith Palmer

  • Scott Fotheringham

  • Mary Willow - Work accidents are still happening due to negligence and incompetence and worse.
    And ... because I'm Joe Crawford's Mum! :))) Go Babe!!!

  • Maxim Jago - Wishing you all the best with this project!

  • Francis L. Turner

  • Jennifer Gerrits

  • Jim Nicol

  • Tiena Jones - My uncle Jan Oldewening and my sister-in-law’s father died in the tragedy. This story must not be lost.

  • Steve Rogers

  • Maarten Treurniet - This project is important to me because ...: Because of Eric!

  • Robert Weese

  • Timothy Nadelle

  • Lauren Breckon - My friend is the daughter of Jan Oldewening, who perished in the collapse. Her mother raised a family of wonderful people despite being a young widow.

  • Harry Marissen - Jan Oldewening was my uncle and I went to church and school with the Bremers, Hovius, Oldewening, and Drenth families.

  • Cassie Martin

  • Kirk Barons

2025 Crowdfunding Campaign Supporters

  1. Eric Hovius - The first contributor of the campaign!

  2. Keystone Bridge Management Corp. - Contributed twice, in memory of Jakob and Annette Kleywegt

  3. Laura Tufford -

  4. G. V. L. -

  5. Anne Vander Laan -

  6. Julie & Jim Nicol -

  7. P. H. -

  8. E. P. -

  9. Annie B -

  10. Sara Taylor - 2x

  11. T. M -

  12. Nancy Taylor -

  13. Hamed Ahmed - My favourite son-in-law

  14. Mohamad -

  15. Ayah Ahmed - My granddaughter

  16. Jennah Ahmed - Another granddaughter

  17. Madina Ahmed - My eldest granddaughter!

  18. A. N -

  19. T. McC. -

  20. Carine Bavelaar-Croon - My cousin!

  21. Soule Karl - Colleague at Adobe

  22. Jack And Anna Hovius -

  23. D. Bosch - One of the Bosches, my “American family.”

  24. L. D. -

  25. Wendy Philpott And Andy Houston - My sister and brother-in-law!

  26. Dan Bortolotti -

  27. Mike Russell - Audio and AI guru

  28. Tracy Lovell -

  29. Rande Kostal -

  30. A. P. - One of my daughters!

  31. Frank Willem Croon - My uncle, contributed 4x!

  32. Sebastian Altemüller - Former student, contributed 2x!

  33. R. C. -

  34. Durin Gleaves - Colleague at Adobe

  35. Duncan W Alderson - My high school English teacher (and published novelist)!

  36. Elisabeth Yetman - My former music teacher and later a teaching colleague

  37. F. A. - Another of my daughters!

  38. Shara Morishige - Colleague at Adobe

  39. Jenny Reile -

  40. Doreen Drenth -

  41. Ginna Baldassarre - Colleague at Adobe

  42. Alessandro Tersigni -

  43. Francis Crossman - Colleague at Adobe

  44. Jason Tenter -

  45. J. M. - A former student

  46. A. P. - A former schoolmate

  47. Sara Gladney/Robert McCluggage -

  48. Stephen Bolton - Former CEO of Libro Credit Union

  49. R. D. -

  50. Mark Levine -

  51. Patti Wolfe Bob Pickering - Former teaching colleagues, contributed 2x!

  52. Cathy Hiscott -

  53. Judith Palmer -

  54. Mary Willow - Joe Crawford’s mother, contributed 2X!

  55. Rose Anderson -

  56. Stephen Pitel -

  57. Paul Clement English -

  58. M. D. -

  59. M. L. W. -

  60. Jim Feeley - Filmmaker based in San Francisco

  61. T. & P. T. -

  62. S. LaF. -

  63. Jeffrey Cheng - Former student

  64. Seth & Diane - Seth Bornstein is the author of “Swimming to Jerusalem”

  65. Syd Usprich -

  66. Bern -

  67. Christopher Steinrueck - Owner of Wood Thumb in San Francisco, and my godson!

  68. R. K. -

  69. Carol Broer -

  70. Robert Solomon -

  71. Martijn Croon - My cousin

  72. Tom Bijvoet - Host of Dutch The Podcast

  73. Rinske Salverda - Author of “Dance: my rich life on a small budget”

  74. Will Bosch - Father of my “American family”

  75. Ivan Steenstra -

  76. Stephen Drenth -

  77. Patrick Palmer - Former student and former Adobe colleague!

  78. Grant Cassidy Rika Vander Laan -

  79. G. L. - This is the person whose contribution got us to our crowdfunding goal

  80. Tyler Family - Our adopted relatives in Canada (since all of our actual relatives were in Holland or England)

  81. Kae Elgie -

  82. Albert Van Der Heide -

  83. G. C. -

  84. Hovius Chris -

  85. Chris Hovius’ children -

  86. Michael Drenth -

  87. David Van Patter -

  88. F. C. - Although he’s anonymous here, he’s my uncle!

  89. Joanne Jay -

  90. Carol Lewis - Parent of one of my former students

  91. Libby Palmer -

  92. Nishita Kumar - Colleague at Adobe

  93. M. & A. H. -

  94. J. McI. -

  95. Gail Littlejohn -

  96. Suzanne Perez Miller - One of my best friends in high school!

  97. S. T. -

  98. J. & S. V. -

  99. J. S. H. K. B. M. - Another Bosch! Yes, I chose to write out everyone of of her initials!

  100. Peter T -

  101. Tina B - Yet another Bosch, and goddaughter of my late father, Keith Philpott

  102. A. -

  103. Harry Oldewening

  104. Colin Boyd - Colleague from my summer job in Algonquin Park

  105. Rene Kuipers -

  106. Wes Plate - Former colleague at Adobe and extreme long distance runner

  107. Herman En Roelie -

  108. Rebecca Martin -

  109. Tim Kurkoski - Colleague at Adobe

  110. Cheryl Henning - 2x

  111. R. I. - dedicated her contribution to funny memories of me (her history teacher) and Joe (her classmate)

  112. Lynda McKee - to support Joe in his filmmaking and honour the memory of Bryan McKenzie

  113. Duncan H - Colleague from my summer job in Algonquin Park

  114. Tina Okkema - Wife of Harry Okkema, the only survivor of the Dresden work crew

  115. Carla & Clarence Nap -

  116. Jane And Brian Wright -

  117. A. G. -

  118. L. G. -

  119. Bill Nichols -

  120. L. P. – father of one of my schoolmates (and his first name was my father’s middle name)

  121. Barbara Marshall - Counterpart at HP when I worked at Adobe

  122. Stefan Gruenwedel - Colleague at Adobe

  123. P. V. K. -

  124. Robert Pal - My business coach!

  125. E. E. -

  126. M.P.

  127. Alex Macleod - UK - based postproduction consultant I know from working at Adobe

  128. Joshua Fox - The last contribution, just under the wire!

2024 Crowdfunding Campaign Supporters

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