Language:
English
Year of publication:
1989
Titel der Quelle:
Dutch Jewish History
Angaben zur Quelle:
2 (1989) 273-289
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
Examines why 75% of the Dutch Jews perished in World War II, compared with 40% in Belgium, 25% in France, 40% in Norway, and Denmark where nearly all the Jews survived due to their rescue. Analyzes three factors which explain these differences: the persecutors, the setting, and the victims. Concludes that the Netherlands had a unified and capable Nazi administration, with strong SS influence. The reactions of Dutch society and of the efficient Dutch bureaucracy to the German policy of segregating the Jews were marked by a high degree of cooperation, perhaps on account of a certain tradition of distinction between groups in Dutch society (i.e.verzuilung). The Dutch Jewish community was relatively well-integrated and assimilated. Therefore, they were, like the Dutch, cooperative and thus more vulnerable.
Note:
A slightly revised version appeared in "European History Quarterly" 19,3 (1989) ) 333-351. First appeared in Dutch as "De vervolging van de joden in Nederland in internationaal vergelijkend perspectief" in "De Gids" 150,6-7 (1987) 494-507.
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