1944/05/14 – Niederlande (Inhaftierung Westerbork)

14 May 1944

In the German occupied Netherlands, the Commander of the Security Police (SIPO) and the Security Service (SD) orders the arrest and internment in Westerbork of ‘all persons […] who possess the characteristic of Gypsies.’

Lemma A–Z

Deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau (Netherlands)

Nationwide Round-Up (16 May 1944)

Westerbork

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