WWII

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Portrait of a Young Girl by Toon Kelder, an artwork looted by Nazis from Amdetrdam art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, found hanging in the home of a descendant of Dutch SS General Hendrik Seyffardt, 11 May 2026
CrimeCultureArt
Another piece of Nazi-looted art found in possession of Dutch SS officer's descendant
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Memorial lane at the Sobibor WWII German extermination camp memorial in Poland
CultureLifestyle
Community pays to replace Urk family's memorial stone at extermination camp Sobibor
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Photo album showing WWII damage in various Dutch cities, found in a box containing papers of resistance fighter Wim Oosenbrug in the Royal Library warehouse. Discovery announced on 4 May 2026
CultureLifestyle
Box with photos, papers of WWII resistance fighter discovered in Royal Library depot
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Barbed wire fences and watchtowers from inside Camp Vught.
Crime
WWII memorial sites increasingly facing anti-Semitism, violence, threats
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Cleaners cleaning red paint off the National Monument on Dam Square in Amsterdam after vandalism on Remembrance Day, 4 May 2026
Crime
National WWII monument in Amsterdam defaced just before Remembrance Day commemoration
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Anne Frank in May 1942, two months before she and her family went into hiding
CultureLifestyle
Rare first edition of Anne Frank's diary found in Eemnes thrift store
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Flowers laid at stumbling stones memorializing Jewish people who were deported and killed during World War II
CultureArt
Dutch gov't advised to put Nazi-looted art on exhibit under Jewish community control
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Leyb Elias in the small room in the Annex that Anne shared with fellow hider Fritz Pfeffer
CultureEntertainment
New YouTube series shows Anne Frank's distant cousin following her footsteps
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The American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten
Politics
"Whitewashed" new panels to replace those about Black soldiers at Margraten war cemetery
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The American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten
Politics
Black soldiers' panels removed from cemetery in Dutch town to avoid Trump gov't "ire"
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View of Langestraat in Alkmaar around 1935, with the Victoria theater, Hotel Proot, and Kofa on the left
CultureLifestyle
WWII video shows Nazis partying with hotel staff in Alkmaar; 1st ever film footage found
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Piet Hens, mayor of Valkenburg, mayor of Valkenburg during World War II.
Politics
Valkenburg mayor played “essential role” in persecution of Jews during WWII: study
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“Portrait of a Lady” by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi
CrimeCultureArt
Nazi heir surrenders painting looted from Amsterdam to Argentine authorities
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“Portrait of a Lady” by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi
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Artwork looted by Nazis from Amsterdam found hanging in a living room in Argentina
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Zwolle Noord bunker in Hattem, listed for sale on Funda for €80,000. August 2025
Business
Own a 1936 bunker in Gelderland for €80,000
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Partial view of birthday cake with candles on blue background with confetti
CultureLifestyle
Born on Liberation Day, 80-year-old Gouda man reflects on his unique connection to WWII
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Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander on a packed Dam Square during the National Commemmoration of World War II victims, 4 May 2025
CultureLifestyle
Some 16,000 attended national WWII commemoration; 6 arrested
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A memorial in the Westerbork transit camp
Culture
Netherlands marks WWII Remembrance with over 480 ceremonies nationwide
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The Airborne monument at the foot of the John Frost Bridge in Arnhem
Crime
Theft suspected after Arnhem war momument disappears
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German soldiers gather Jewish men on Jonas Daniël Meijerplein in Amsterdam, 22 February 1941
Politics
Mayor Halsema will apologize to Jewish community for Amsterdam's role in WWII
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Avro Lancaster B I PA474 at a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, 9 July 2005
CultureLifestyle
Wreck of WWII bomber plane found in Dronten forest
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Boxes and boxes of documents inside the National Archives in The Hague. 2013
Business
Measures taken to make files of alleged Dutch Nazi collaborators hard to find online
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The Indisch Monument in The Hague covered in sunflowers to commemorate the victims and end of WWII in the former Dutch East Indies, 15 August 2014
Politics
Dozens of commemorations for Dutch East Indies victims of WWII to be held this week
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Rows of white crosses in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Politics
D-Day: Dutch veteran Max Wolff, 98, joins king, queen, PM for Normandy commemorations