Names of 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators published

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Names of 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators published


Two members of the Dutch Volunteer Legion of the SS stand side by side, wearing Nazi uniforms, helmets, and with rifles hanging on their shoulders.
IMAGE SOURCE, NATIONAAL ARCHIEF

Author, Aleks Phillips
Role, BBC News
2 January 2025

The names of around 425,000 people suspected of collaborating with the Nazis during the German occupation of the Netherlands have been published online for the first time.

The names represent individuals who were investigated through a special legal system established towards the end of World War 2. Of them, more than 150,000 faced some form of punishment.

The full records of these investigations were previously only accessible by visiting the Dutch National Archives in The Hague.

The Huygens Institute, which helped digitise the archive, says this is a major barrier for people wishing to research the Netherlands' occupation, which lasted from its invasion in 1940 to 1945.

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[Frasier Balzov]

1. Mike Johnson objects to slandering these ordinary citizens.

[Roy Rolling]

2. Let's Hope Not

Needing a similar list in America of sycophantic Trump supporters would be tragic.

[AllyCat]

3. Oh boy...found a relative who stayed in the Netherlands

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And did not come to the US on the list. Yikes.

On edit: found quite a few. Planning a trip later this year and wondering if I need to add a journey to Den Haag to find out more.

[madaboutharry]

4. For decades after the war the Dutch were able to hide

the history of Nazi collaboration behind the story of Anne Frank and the bravery of Miep Gies.

75% of Dutch Jews died in the Holocaust. Such a high death toll of Jews could not have occurred without broad collaboration.

[Think. Again.]

5. I hope someone's keeping a list for the second edition.