Post War Discrimination of Holland’s Surviving Jews “Post-war discrimination against the Jews in the Netherlands manifested itself in many ways. Authorities belittled the Jews and neglected their interests. Public feeling was that the Jewish community no longer represented anything.” Isaac … [Read More]
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Norwegian Collaborators Persecuted Jews in Holocaust “My three books about Norwegian collaboration with the German occupiers during the Second World resulted in new information about how Norwegians were involved in the persecution of Jews. Male and female Norwegians participated in … [Read More]
French Society Views Jews through the Prism of Shoah “The position of the Jews in a country is largely determined by how its general population views them. This is often far more important than the Jews’ own conduct. French society … [Read More]
Holocaust Awareness Arrived Late in Western Europe “It took a long time until Holocaust awareness developed in Western Europe. Academics studying this subject found that much went terribly wrong in these societies during the initial post-war decades. “This manifested itself … [Read More]
Interview: The Life of an Ambassador to Israel “Israel is a country of immigrants. That makes an ambassador’s life very enjoyable. As a foreigner, one can move in Israeli society without being noticed. Several other reasons have contributed to the … [Read More]
Protesting Against Iran – There is a Precedent On 26 October 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran issued a genocidal call for the elimination of Israel at the “World without Zionism” conference in Teheran. Other speakers were terrorist leaders Hassan … [Read More]
A7 Interviewed Dutch Former Min. Borst, Found Dead (Euronews) Dutch police have begun a murder probe into the death of a former minister Els Borst, 81, was found dead in her garage on Monday evening, two days after attending a convention of her … [Read More]
Jewish and Cautious in Amsterdam “At the Amsterdam hospital where I worked as a nurse until recently, remarks were made about Jews such as: ‘You Jews have acquaintances everywhere,’ or, ‘You Jews are rich.’ As I publicly expressed my Jewish beliefs, I … [Read More]
Dutch Postwar Artwork Restitution: Wrong and Heartless “In 1997, I was appointed by the Dutch government as head of a commission to investigate the post-World War II restitution of art. We did a preliminary study to see whether more data … [Read More]
The French Railway and the Jews 1943-44 “The role of the French state railway SNCF during the Second World War has been both researched and criticized for a long time. One major aspect is the role it played in the deportation of more … [Read More]