DEPORTATIONS OF THE THE HAGUE JEWS The deportations began in August 1942. At first the ‘Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten’ on the Prinsessegracht was the gathering place for Jews of Den Haag who were to be deported. Shortly afterwards the ‘Joodsch...
LIMITED SHOPPING HOURS IN THE HAGUE Many streets in Den Haag and Scheveningen became off-bounds to Jews. Jews were only allowed to shop between three and five o’clock in the...
ALL JEWS ORDERED TO WEAR THE “JEW’S STAR” On May 2nd 1942 the Germans ordered all Jews to wear the ‘Jodenster’. This was a small piece of yellow cloth printed with the six pointed star of David and the word ‘Jood’, Jew. This...
ARSON IN THE GREAT SYNAGOGUE On the 20th of April, a Sunday night at around eleven o’clock there was fire in the Great Synagogue. When it was put out it became clear that there had been four different fires in the building. The flames had destroyed a number of...
CARNATION DAY AND THE FIRST ANTI-JEWISH ORDINANCE IN THE HAGUE On June 29th 1940 (Prince Bernhard’s birthday) the citizens of Den Haag spontaneously showed their distaste of the occupiers by wearing carnations. This day was henceforth known as ‘carnation...
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