Auschwitz commemoration in Westerbork: names of 102,000 victims are read aloud
The ceremony is to commemorate the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp In the Camp Westerbork Remembrance Center in the ...
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Remarkable souvenir after 76 years back to Camp Westerbork in Drenthe: cuddly donkey for children
A "cuddly donkey" used by children who were detained in the war in Camp Westerbork, has returned to this camp ...
Night for the Refugee walk from Westerbork to Groningen cancelled due to threats
The planned walking route from the Westerbork Memorial Centre in Drenthe to Groningen during the Night for the Refugee on ...
New memorials for Jewish citizens and resistance fighters in Leeuwarden
In the lead up to Remembrance Day and Liberation Day on 4 and 5 May, a number of new memorials ...
Emmer man cleaning up Holocaust memorial ‘Stumbling Stones’
Emmen resident Gerard Boels is cleaning the various ‘Stumbling Stone’ memorial installations that sit throughout the city, which commemorate victims ...
Jewish history of the Northern Netherlands Part II: Occupation and the Holocaust
Part II: Occupation and the Holocaust After Adolf Hitler became the leader of Germany in 1933, Dutch Jews still continued ...
“Stories of Hope”: resistance and solidarity during the Holocaust
Following a visit to the Westerbork deportation camp in Drenthe, students from the honours programme at the Hanze University of ...
NS to pay Holocaust transportation compensation
NS, the Dutch rail company, has agreed to pay compensation to survivors of the Holocaust and relatives of those that ...
Three items in Drents Museum potential WWII loot
Three items in the collection of the Drents Museum may have been looted during World War II. RTV Drenthe reports ...
Jewish Homes event opens doors to remarkable stories
Stories of persecution, resistance and liberation will be told at the former homes of Jewish men and women in Groningen, ...
