Netherlands Flashcards
1
Q
What are the explanations for such a high percentage 75% of Jewish victims in the Netherlands highest in WE and SE except for Greece ?
A
1) German intentions for Netherlands - viewed Dutch as Germanic tribe needed to be reincorporated into the Germanic family of tribes
2) Dutch behavior
Dutch underground only organised later
3) topography of country (flat) no hiding places
4) organisation of Dutch Jewry
5) precise numbers and details of Jews thanks to Dutch bureaucracy
6) cooperation/collaboration of the Dutch police which was “nazified” early on (highest number of volunteers for the German SS came from the Netherlands
