Language:
Dutch
Year of publication:
1986
Titel der Quelle:
Studia Rosenthaliana
Angaben zur Quelle:
20,1 (1986) 58-84
Keywords:
Blood accusation
;
Jews
;
Antisemitism
;
Jews History 1800-2000
Abstract:
The Damascus blood libel received extensive press coverage in England and France, and public feeling was strongly aroused. In the Netherlands, however, the public (both Jewish and Christian) was indifferent, possibly because newspaper coverage there was sporadic and superficial. The "Pekidim and Amarcalim" organization, which sent financial support to the Jews of Palestine and whose headquarters were in Amsterdam, urged the Dutch Foreign Secretary to protect Dutch Jews in the Levant. However, Consul-General P. Schuetz opposed any plan to help the persecuted Jews. The Dutch Jewish leadership refused to cooperate with the British Committee for the Jews of Damascus, although individual protests were made.
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