The Jewish population in Holland rose to 27,000 in 1957, by comparison with 14,347 ten years earlier, according to tabulations of a survey completed here today by the Foundation for Jewish Welfare. Three-fourths of the Dutch Jews live in the country’s three largest centers–Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam.
In 1941, prior to the occupation of Holland by the Nazi regime, a census showed there were in Holland 140,000 full Jews and 14,000 “half Jews.” The majority of them were sent to concentration camps and killed by the Nazis.
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