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The history of the Jews in the Netherlands largely dates to the late 16th century and 17th century, when Sephardic Jews from Portugal and Spain began to settle in Amsterdam and a few other Dutch cities, [2] [3] because the Netherlands was an unusual center of religious tolerance.
This page is a list of notable Dutch Jews, arranged by field of activity. Sciences. Name Notability References Samuel Goudsmit (1902-1978) physicist
Trains of the Dutch railways staffed by Dutch employees transported the Jews to camps in the Netherlands which were transit points to Auschwitz, Sobibor, and other death camps." With respect to Dutch collaboration, Eichmann is quoted as saying "The transports run so smoothly that it is a pleasure to see."
The Netherlands has named 425,000 people suspected of collaborating with the Nazis during World War Two as ... more than 100,000 Dutch Jews — around three-quarters of those in the country ...
Most Dutch Jews are Ashkenazi Jews but some are Sephardi Jews. Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. Dutch Jews by ...
They were among 102,000 Jews deported from the Netherlands and murdered in Nazi death camps. Delmonte's mother was killed as soon as she arrived at Auschwitz while his father, “a strong man ...
The Netherlands opened the National Holocaust Museum on Sunday with a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose presence prompted protest because of ...
The first Ashkenazim, Jews from Central and Eastern Europe, who arrived in Amsterdam were refugees from the Chmielnicki Uprising in Poland and the Thirty Years War.Their numbers soon swelled, eventually outnumbering the Sephardic Jews at the end of the 17th century; by 1674, some 5,000 Ashkenazi Jews were living in Amsterdam, while 2,500 Sephardic Jews called Amsterdam their home. [12]