Return: Holocaust survivors and Dutch anti-semitism

Abstract

Only a quarter of Dutch Jews survived the Holocaust and when the survivors returned home they found the welcome far from effusive. This text charts the difficulties of reintegrating into a society that viewed the survivors with suspicion and unease.

Contents

Introduction: Return from Hell: The Story behind a Photography -- 1. Echoes of Nazi Germany, 1933-1940 -- 2. Registration, Isolation, Deportation, 1940-1945 -- 3. No Distinction: Planning the Repatriation in London -- 4. Journey Back -- 5. Arrival in Amsterdam Central Station, June 1945: An Orderly Reception Center -- 6. Mistreatment of Stateless Repatriates -- 7. Reactions of Non-Jews to Jewish Survivors: From Incomprehension to Overt Anti-Semitism -- 8. Jews on the Limits of Liberation -- 9. Concern about Anti-Semitism -- 10. Foreign Observers' Impressions of the Netherlands, 1945-1946 -- 11. Conclusions.