Tag: Holland
‘Occupied City’ reveals Amsterdam sites during Nazi German control
The British filmmaker Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter, his wife and creative partner, described their views on history and European antisemitism in a recent interview discussing their new documentary, “Occupied City.”
Disputing the idea that antisemitism has...
Holland creates role of anti-Semitism coordinator
Holland will appoint a national coordinator to tackle anti-Semitism, announced Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Ferdinand Grapperhaus on Sunday.
The newly created role will consist of advising the Dutch government about handling hatred against Jews.
It...
Syrian man smashes windows of kosher restaurant in Amsterdam for second time
A Syrian man was arrested on Friday for smashing the windows of a kosher restaurant in Amsterdam—the second time he has done so.
Saleh Ali, 31, was subdued with pepper spray by officers after he...
Dutch city to keep street signs claiming Israelis cities are located in ‘Palestine’
A Dutch city has decided to postpone a decision to change street signs that identify Israeli cities as Palestinian, JTA reported on Sunday.
A spokesperson of the municipality of Eindhoven in the eastern Netherlands on Friday wrote on Twitter...
Prime minister of Holland apologizes for nation’s role in wartime persecution of Jews
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Sunday became the first Dutch leader to officially apologize for his country’s role in the Holocaust.
Speaking at an event in Amsterdam to mark the 75th anniversary of the...
Holland seems like a well-run country
It’s a lovely, well run place. The Dutch may be more German than the Germans. Or at least close cousins. Order is clear. Trains and trams are clean and on time. Perhaps within a...
Jewish man assailed by Dutch soccer fans praising Nazis
A Jewish man, identified in the Dutch media only as “Joram,” was verbally and physically assaulted on a national holiday known as Liberation Day, on Sunday by a group of 50 men as police...
Exhibition at Dutch National Holocaust museum leaves out Auschwitz pictures
Holland’s national Holocaust museum excluded four pictures taken at Auschwitz from a current exhibition.
The Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam, which consists of the National Holocaust Museum, dismissed criticism that the pictures were censored, saying they...
Dutch Jews fume over a plan to turn a historic synagogue into a restaurant
Jews in the central Netherlands city of Deventer are outraged over a plan by a Turkish developer to turn a historic synagogue into an eatery.
According to local media reports, developer Ayhan Sahin recently bought the...
Dutch Muslim city councilman calls visiting israeli students ‘future zionists terrorists, murderers of children’
A Muslim city councilman in The Hague recently called Israeli high school students visiting the Netherlands “future Zionist terrorists” and “murders of children,” the Center for Information and Documentation of Israel (CIDI) reported late...