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Marloes Sonnenveld, right, with her brother and mother in Rosh Hanikra, Israel in January 2021. (KAN)

Holocaust survivor wants Israel to grant residency to his rescuer’s Dutch great-granddaughter

Israel’s law on Righteous Among the Nations extends to their children and grandchildren, but not to their great-grandchildren.

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 2, 2021 10:21 am

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)

Historical novel on Holland’s largest Holocaust rescue operation slammed for ‘awful’ errors

Among other mistakes, the new book by a soap opera star turned author describes a Nazi-controlled Jewish council as existing to make Jews “strong together.”

December 4, 2020 1:13 pm

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

Eman fought in the resistance with her fiance, whom the Nazis murdered, and saved the lives of dozens of Jews.

September 6, 2019 12:27 pm

Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician who saved hundreds of Jewish children during Holocaust, dies at 107

March 26, 2018 11:57 am

For Dutch property owners, Holocaust commemoration begins at home

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 2, 2016 4:21 pm

Dutch Christian couple honored for exceptional Holocaust-era bravery

August 21, 2015 10:36 am

14 recognized as righteous for saving Jews in the Netherlands

November 23, 2014 7:30 am

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