Holocaust in the Netherlands

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

Some 75 percent of the 140,000 Jews who lived in the Netherlands before the Holocaust were murdered by German Nazis and their local collaborators.

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 26, 2020 7:54 am

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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

One of the last living Dutch resistance fighters, Selma van de Perre hopes to counter the false narrative of Jewish passivity during the Holocaust.

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

Daan Roosegaarde’s “Light of Life” project will be set up in 150 municipalities.

January 10, 2020 10:28 am

Dutch actor Jeroen Krabbe arriving with his wife Herma at a premiere at Tuschinksi Theatre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on November 4, 2008 (Greetsia Tent/Getty Images)

Dutch-Jewish movie star quits his beloved Santa gig amid racism controversy

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 16, 2019 1:56 pm

A bunny grazing at a Jewish cemetery in Haarlem, the Netherlands on March 8, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Dutch government gives $2.76 million to restoring Jewish cemeteries

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 15, 2019 11:02 am

‘Game of Thrones’ star Carice van Houten to make Holocaust film on female Jewish rescuers

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 13, 2019 10:00 am

Berendina Eman, left, walking with Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima in Grand Rapids, Michigan on June 2, 2015. (Courtesy of the Dutch Embassy in the United States)

Berendina Eman, a Dutch rescuer of Jews and concentration camp survivor, dies at 99

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 6, 2019 12:27 pm

A Jewish family sold this Kandinsky painting to survive the Nazis. Amsterdam is keeping it anyway.

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 18, 2019 4:38 pm

Dutch railways to compensate Holocaust survivors it helped transport

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 26, 2019 1:56 pm

Dutch senator apologizes for saying Jews went ‘like lambs’ to gas chambers

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 13, 2019 10:44 am

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