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Memorial stone at former Jewish hospice to be unveiled in September

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August 19, 2019

On the first of September, a memorial stone will be officially unveiled at Beth Zekenim, a former hospice for Jewish ...

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New memorials for Jewish citizens and resistance fighters in Leeuwarden

by The Northern Times

In the lead up to Remembrance Day and Liberation Day on 4 and 5 May, a number of new memorials ...

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Emmer man cleaning up Holocaust memorial ‘Stumbling Stones’

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Emmen resident Gerard Boels is cleaning the various ‘Stumbling Stone’ memorial installations that sit throughout the city, which commemorate victims ...

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Jewish history of the Northern Netherlands Part II: Occupation and the Holocaust

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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 ...

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“Stories of Hope”: resistance and solidarity during the Holocaust

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Following a visit to the Westerbork deportation camp in Drenthe, students from the honours programme at the Hanze University of ...

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Streets and landmarks in Leeuwarden to be renamed after WWII resistance members

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November 14, 2018

The municipality of Leeuwarden wants to honour four resistance fighters from World War II by naming streets and landmarks in ...

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Thousands of students biking from concentration camps to Westerbork in 2020

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October 17, 2018

In recognition of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, 2,020 Dutch and German students will be biking ...

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Three items in Drents Museum potential WWII loot

October 10, 2018

Three items in the collection of the Drents Museum may have been looted during World War II. RTV Drenthe reports ...

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Canadian WWII veterans plant maple tree in Friesland

Six Canadian veterans from World War Two planted a maple tree in the Frisian village of Aldtsjerk on Monday. The ...

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