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Doetinchem, the years of occupation.

Pinkas, page 339

The deportation of the Jews in Doetinchem took place in phases. On 7 October 1942, a unit of the German “Ordnungspolizei”, guided by a local police officer, set out to round up 12 Jews selected from a pre-prepared list. Only 5 people were found at home: the majority had disappeared as a precaution, some following various events in the province, others thanks to the warning given in advance by the local police.

A second wave of arrests followed in the night of 17/18 November 1942. 68 people were arrested. In April 1943 the remaining Jews had to leave the city as part of the concentration of all Dutch Jews in Amsterdam and in the camps. In total 150 Jews were deported to the East, all were murdered. About thirty Jews managed to survive the war, mainly by going into hiding.

 

Source: “PINKAS”, the history of the Jewish Community in the Netherlands - Doetinchem page 338-340 (Dutch only).

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