History of Europe

What happened to Jews once Nazis invaded Holland?

When the Nazis invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, Jews began to suffer from harsh discriminatory measures. These included the imposition of anti-Jewish laws, the confiscation of Jewish property, and the creation of ghettos. Jews were then subjected to forced labour, deportation to concentration camps, and mass murder.

In February 1941, the Nazis began deporting Jews from the Netherlands to concentration camps in Poland, particularly Auschwitz and Sobibor. By the end of the war, almost 75% of the Dutch Jewish population had been murdered in the Holocaust.

The Nazis also targeted other groups of people in the Netherlands, including communists, socialists, and members of the resistance movement. These groups were often arrested, imprisoned, or executed by the Nazis.