Victims and Perpetrators : Dutch Shoah, 1933/45 and beyond / Hans Derks

• VerfasserIn: Derks, Hans
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: German
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

How was it possible that, in a rather peaceful and, to all intents and purposes, not particularly antisemitic Dutch society, more than 75% of the Jewish population were arrested, deported or murdered in concentration camps during the Shoah? Can all of this be blamed on the Nazi occupiers? The eminent historian, Hans Derks, explains this mystery for the first time by looking closely at the social and religious characteristics of Dutch society. He also unveils the extensive collaboration of the country's state-bureaucracy with the German authorities. This uniquely perpetratororiented book about the Dutch Shoah offers shocking conclusions about the persistent contribution of Dutch scholars to racist ideologies and eugenic measures aimed at creating a new, racially pure Dutch society under an authoritarian leadership.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Definitions -- The Practice of Being Victims -- Jews in Amsterdam and Holland -- Tensions among Victims -- City of Targets -- The State and Its Victims -- Scientists as Perpetrators -- Dutch Historical Westforschung, 1940–1945 and After -- Flemish Historians as Jew Hunters1 -- The Perversions of Bio-Anthropology: The Case of Hans Weinert -- Scientists in the Dutch Polders -- The Case of Ariëns Kappers -- The Case of De Froe -- The “Rescue” -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.