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'Of the 18,000 Jews in The Hague in 1940, 2,000 survived. Of the 400 Portuguese Jews, so deeply embedded in the fabric of the state and the city, just eight returned. The entire Jewish orphanage, which stands across the road from me, was liquidated without survivors on 13 March 1943.'
— Jul 12, 2025 08:38AM
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'On flawless tracks, the heavy carriage runs almost without a sound... Rail travel in the Netherlands feels different from that in most other countries because almost nothing of the pre-war infrastructure remains. This makes the past less tangible than it is in England, where everything rattles and looks old.'
— Jul 22, 2025 02:35PM
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'The Jewish wartime death rate in the Netherlands, at 80 per cent, was more than double that of any other Western country, far higher than in France, Belgium, Italy or even Germany or Austria themselves. For me, vaguely brought up on the myth of Dutch resistance, this comes as a shock.'
— Jul 22, 2025 02:30PM
