Holocaust in the Netherlands

Claiming threats of violence by Jews, Dutch Holocaust museum nixes event about Syrian refugees

Jewish community activists said the director of the Westerbork museum should prove his charges or withdraw them.

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 30, 2019 6:54 am

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Bodies of murdered Jews from Hungary being burned at Auwschwitz in 1944. (Alberto Errera/Auschwitz Memorial and Museum)

Dutch Holocaust museum leaves out graphic Auschwitz pictures from exhibition

The institution overruled its own curators, who suggested the move was over the disturbing nature of the images.

April 22, 2019 8:05 am

Heidi Fishman holding up an op-ed she wrote about her family's rescue from the Holocaust using a Paraguayan passport. Courtesy of Heidi Fishman

Researchers unlock the mystery of Polish diplomats who rescued Jews

The Bernese Group handed out thousands of fake passports in such secrecy that their heroism remained unknown for decades.

February 15, 2019 1:43 pm

Daughter of survivors rejects Holocaust museum’s plan to mark modern-day refugees

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 25, 2019 12:59 pm

A Dutch couple find forgotten Holocaust history in their countryside home

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 3, 2019 4:00 pm

French national rail building Holocaust museum at abandoned station

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 26, 2018 6:15 am

Dutch Railways to examine compensation for Holocaust victims, descendants

November 28, 2018 3:41 am

In Holland, one of the world’s most expensive Hanukkah menorahs hides in plain sight

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 13, 2018 10:54 am

Is this the last stand for Amsterdam’s Jewish market?

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 1, 2018 12:41 pm

Dutch activists seek release of archive on Holocaust war criminals

October 19, 2018 10:19 am

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