Nazi occupation of the Netherlands

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The Nazi occupation of the Netherlands was the period from 1940 to 1945 when Germany controlled and oppressed the country during World War II, marked by persecution of Jews, resistance activities, and severe wartime hardship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
military occupation
part of World War II
administrationBy Reichskommissariat Niederlande
aftermath purge of administration and police
war crimes trials of collaborators
antiJewishMeasure Aryanization of Jewish property
exclusion of Jews from public life
forced registration of Jews
mandatory wearing of the yellow Star of David
battle Bombing of Rotterdam
capitalCityUnderOccupation The Hague
casualtiesOfBombingOfRotterdam approximately 800 to 900 civilians killed
causeOfFebruaryStrike protest against persecution of Jews
civilAdministrator Arthur Seyss-Inquart
collaborationistParty National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands
surface form: Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging (NSB)
conflict World War II
consequenceOfHungerWinter widespread famine
countryOccupied Netherlands
dateOfBombingOfRotterdam 14 May 1940
dateOfFebruaryStrike February 1941
dateOfHungerWinter winter of 1944–1945
dateOfOperationMarketGarden September 1944
deportationTo AuschwitzBirkenau
surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp

Sobibor
surface form: Sobibor extermination camp

Theresienstadt concentration camp
surface form: Theresienstadt ghetto

Westerbork transit camp
destructionFromBombingOfRotterdam large part of Rotterdam city center destroyed
economicConsequence forced labor in Germany
rationing of basic goods
severe shortages of food and fuel
endTime 5 May 1945
estimatedDeathsHungerWinter approximately 20,000 civilians
estimatedJewishVictims over 100,000 Dutch Jews killed
finalPhase Hunger Winter
governmentInExile Government of the Netherlands
surface form: Dutch government in London
headOfGovernmentInExile Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
surface form: Queen Wilhelmina
invadingForce Wehrmacht
keyLiberationEvent Battle of the Scheldt
Operation Market Garden
leaderOfCollaborationistParty Anton Mussert
liberatingForces Allied forces
surface form: American forces

British Army
Canadian Army (pre‑1968)
surface form: Canadian Army

Polish forces
liberationBy Allied forces
location Kingdom of the Netherlands
majorCityUnderOccupation Amsterdam
Rotterdam
The Hague
Utrecht
memorialization Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag)
surface form: Liberation Day on 5 May

National Remembrance of the Dead on 4 May
militaryEvent Nazi occupation of the Netherlands self-linksurface differs
surface form: German invasion of the Netherlands
monarchDuringOccupation Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
surface form: Queen Wilhelmina
notableStrike February strike
notableVictim Anne Frank
Edith Frank
Hannah Goslar
Margot Frank
occupyingPower Nazi Germany
partOf German-occupied Europe
surface form: German occupation of Western Europe during World War II
percentageOfJewishPopulationKilled about 75 percent
persecutedGroup Dutch Jews
Roma
Sinti
political opponents
resistance members
policy Germanization of Dutch society
banning of free press
censorship of media
curfews and travel restrictions
suppression of political parties
resistanceActivity forging identity papers
sabotage of railways and infrastructure
sheltering Jews and fugitives
underground press
resistanceMovement Dutch resistance
resistanceOrganization Landelijke Knokploegen (LKP)
Ordedienst (OD)
Raad van Verzet (RVV)
securityPolice Gestapo
Sicherheitsdienst
startTime 10 May 1940

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Anne Frank House timePeriodDocumented Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
Liberation of the Netherlands location Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: German-occupied Netherlands
Liberation of the Netherlands hasCause Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: German occupation of the Netherlands
Case Yellow hasPart Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: invasion of the Netherlands
Edith Frank wentIntoHidingDuring Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
The Diary of Anne Frank mainSubject Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
Nazi occupation of the Netherlands militaryEvent Nazi occupation of the Netherlands self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: German invasion of the Netherlands
Dam Square shooting of 7 May 1945 relatedTo Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: German occupation of the Netherlands
Higher SS and Police Leader in the Netherlands operatedDuring Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: German occupation of the Netherlands
Abraham Pais survivedEvent Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
Free Dutch forces opposed Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: German occupation of the Netherlands
Hunger Winter partOf Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: German occupation of the Netherlands
Johannes Kleiman historicalPeriod Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
Reichskommissariat Niederlande timePeriod Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
German Army Group H controlledTerritory Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: German-occupied Netherlands
The Assault (1986 film) setInRegion Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: Nazi-occupied Holland
The Assault (1986 film) basedOnEvents Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
Jewish underground organizations operatedIn Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: Nazi-occupied Netherlands
Pectacon historicalContext Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
Joods Lyceum, Amsterdam operatedDuring Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
Vergeltungswaffe 2 (Vengeance Weapon 2) launchSitesLocatedIn Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
subject surface form: Vergeltungswaffe 2
this entity surface form: German-occupied Netherlands
Anne Frank Remembered mainSubject Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
Prinsengracht 263, Amsterdam historicalPeriod Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
Het Achterhuis timePeriodCovered Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
Dagboekbrieven van 12 juni 1942 – 1 augustus 1944 historicalPeriod Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
1959 film The Diary of Anne Frank setIn Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
subject surface form: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)
this entity surface form: Nazi-occupied Netherlands
Dutch Jews subjectToAntiJewishMeasures Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
Ordedienst (OD) historicalContext Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
subject surface form: Ordedienst
this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of the Netherlands 1940–1945
Landelijke Knokploegen (LKP) opposedTo Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
subject surface form: Landelijke Knokploegen
this entity surface form: German occupation of the Netherlands
Raad van Verzet (RVV) opposed Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
subject surface form: Raad van Verzet
this entity surface form: German occupation of the Netherlands
February strike temporalContext Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
Anton Mussert participantIn Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
Bombing of Rotterdam followedBy Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: German occupation of Rotterdam
NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies focusArea Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: Netherlands in World War II
Dutch government-in-exile appliesToEvent Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: German occupation of the Netherlands
Allied liberation of the Low Countries precededBy Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: German occupation of the Netherlands