Language:
English
Year of publication:
1994
Titel der Quelle:
Patterns of Prejudice
Angaben zur Quelle:
28,1 (1994) 47-65
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Holocaust survivors
Abstract:
The attitude of the Dutch authorities, both in the Netherlands and in exile in London, to the plight of the Dutch Jews under Nazi occupation was to a great degree indifferent. After the liberation, the repatriation of the Jews to the Netherlands, organized by the authorities, was ineffective. The reception of the returnees was cold: reactions of the local population varied from disbelief of what the survivors were telling them to antisemitic remarks (e.g. that the Jews were returning to grasp leading positions in society). Most of the population demanded that the survivors show gratitude to the Dutch people and behave "modestly" (i.e. remain in the background). An upsurge of antisemitism was noted in 1945, partly stemming from a sense of distance from the Jews which developed in the years of Nazi rule.
Note:
Appeared also in "Holocaust; Critical Concepts in Historical Studies" VI (2004).
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