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A visual history of the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands from 1940 – 1945.
This collection of carefully considered photographs provide a visual history of the persecution, seen in a certain context. On 10 May 1940, the day that Nazi Germany marched into the Netherlands, there were 160,000 Jews living in the Netherlands. The German occupying forces introduced anti-Jewish measures very gradually. In the space of two years, a development took place in the Netherlands which had taken eight years in Germany itself. The first train with 800 Jews left Amsterdam for camp Westerbork on 14 July 1942 and from there the deportations took place to the concentration and extermination camps. Altogether 107,000 Jews were transported from the Netherlands. 102,000 were murdered in the Nazi camps; 75% of the Jewish population, the highest ratio of Jewish victims in the countries occupied by Germany in Western Europe. It is a tragedy which has left profound traces in Dutch society. These visual testimonies tell personal stories providing history with a real impact.
How we remember or imagine the past is determined greatly by impressing and moving photographs contributing to a historical awareness, an important factor in the creation of a collective memory.
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Amsterdam, January 1943. Ralph Polak and Miep Krant on the Dam square.Ralph was caught during the last big razzia in Amsterdam on 29 September 1943. His exemption from being deported because he worked for the Jewish Council was no longer any use to him. On his way to Westerbork, he jumped from the train and went into hiding. Ralph and Miep survived the war and married after the liberation. They set up a successful textile business in Baarn. |
Teacups Amsterdam, 20 June 1943.This photograph was taken from a house as unobtrusively as possible. Two cups of tea, which have been finished, are shown on the windowsill. During an extensive razzia, Jews have been rounded up with their luggage on the front of the corner. |
Barbed wire Amsterdam, February 1941.The barbed-wire fence on the Bushuissluis across the Kloveniersburgwal. This district, which was always very lively, looked quite depressed and threatening as a result of the fence. The residents felt literally imprisoned. There were rumors circulating that the gas, electricity, light and water supply might be cut off at any time. |
In broad daylight Amsterdam, 17 March 1943.Barges on the Lijnbaansgracht loaded up with household articles from the houses of Jews who had been deported. The bystanders are very interested in these articles. Jews who obeyed the call to register and Jews rounded up during razzias had to hand over their house keys when they registered. Their house would then be sealed and emptied later. When so many houses were emptied in broad daylight, the general public must have realized that there was no intention that the Jews would ever return. |
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Angela Genger
Ein guter Überblick mit ausgezeichneten Fotos
Reviewed in Germany on March 15, 2021