Holocaust in the Netherlands

Dutch-Jewish resistance fighter whose factory was used to make yellow stars dies at 98

Henk van Gelderen said he forgave the employees who made the patches on orders from the Nazi occupation forces.

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 31, 2020 10:41 am

A visitor examines pencill marks measuring the grwoth of Anne and Margot Frank in what used to be their parents' room at the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Nov. 24, 2016. (Photo Collection Anne Frank House)

With no tourists in Amsterdam, locals are discovering the Anne Frank House

The overall number of visitors to the museum is a fraction of its pre-coronavirus self, but Dutch residents have nearly tripled their attendance in absolute numbers.

June 30, 2020 12:11 pm

The Amsterdam building that used to house the Reform Seminary and children's detainment facility where Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk helped saved hundreds of Jewish children. (Luuk Kramer/Courtesy of the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam)

Dutch-Jewish WWII hero Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk, who saved hundreds of children, dies at 96

At 17, she smuggled hundreds of Jewish children to safety from under the noses of Nazi guards and local police.

June 16, 2020 8:55 am

80% of Dutch cities involved in theft of Jewish property have no record of it

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 27, 2020 5:36 pm

Hans Calmeyer is remembered for saving thousands of Jews. A Holocaust survivor says he sent her to Auschwitz.

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 6, 2020 4:22 pm

King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands delivering a speech during the National Remembrance Day ceremony on May 4, 2020 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Patrick van Katwijk/BSR Agency/Getty Images)

Dutch king acknowledges Jews felt ‘abandoned’ by his great-grandmother Wilhelmina

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 4, 2020 5:28 pm

Meijer and Tedje van der Sluis during filming in Amsterdam of a 2018 documentary film about their marriage. (Merlijn Doomernik)

Tedje van der Sluis, 93, Auschwitz survivor whose happy marriage was subject of Dutch film

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 28, 2020 5:34 pm

In first, Dutch prime minister apologizes for how government failed its Jews during Holocaust

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 26, 2020 7:54 am

Selma van de Perre singing her book at the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Jan. 9, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

At 97, a Dutch resistance hero wants to give fellow Jewish fighters overdue recognition

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 17, 2020 2:06 pm

Stones glowing in the "Light of Life" Holocaust memorial display of Daan Roosegaarde in the Netherlands. (Overijssel Viert Vrijheid)

Dutch artist’s Holocaust display shines light on stones to commemorate murdered Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 10, 2020 10:28 am

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