Holocaust in the Netherlands

hans calmeyer

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

Femma Fleijsman’s account, in addition to other research, has ignited a debate in the Netherlands and beyond about the German lawyer’s legacy.

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 6, 2020 4:22 pm

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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

“It’s something that won’t let go of me,” Willem-Alexander said in an unprecedented memorial day speech.

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

The 2018 film showcased her long and happy marriage to Meijer van der Sluis, whom she met in a Jewish orphanage in 1945.

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

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

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