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Amsterdam made Jews pay rent while in WWII camps
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Published: 22.04.13, 13:50
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1. We understand
Aviv ,   Israel   (04.22.13)
Europeans dont care They didn't before the war. They didn't during the war. And they didn't after the war.
2. SUE Amsterdam for extortion ...
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (04.22.13)
and abusing power
3. Will Jews pay rent for living in stolen Palestinian homes?
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.22.13)
4. 3 Let Arabs first pay back stolen...
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (04.22.13)
Jewish homes in Arab countries.
5. #3 Will you compensate the Native Americans
A ,   Belgium   (04.22.13)
whose land your predecessors stole and whose waters they polluted and whose people they murdered, hypocrite? Or does your ignorance absolve you of those crimes, while you spew your bedpan filth and lies here?
6. #3
mark ,   ca   (04.22.13)
Stop barking.
7. Good Bad and the Real Evil
Zechariah   (04.22.13)
Revelations that a lot of Bad and ugly Dutch but Very brave also eighteen thousand Jews saved a lot of Righteous Gentiles.Human Nature shows some really brave saviours as well as a lot of evil opportunists. Any how need a Jewish State with Nuclear war capacity have to be Viscious and Cunning to survive .Allways a few good People hope it stays that to be way .A non Belligerant Palestinian State would be good best Jews can do is treat their neighbours Palestinians who have the capacity to live in Peace with the Jews equal rights .Hard for Arabs Don't see it our way .Some Jews real bad and cruel .Some Arabs same .How many humans will be alive in 2131 .Got bad feelings won't be many could be wrong .Hope so.
8. Vengenance is NOW!!!
R Narz ,   Toronto   (04.22.13)
As they steadily fall further under the thumb of militant nutbar Islam; they can ponder the sins of their ancestors.
9. Steve-so nice to hear from you again...
Koose E Mack ,   NY NY   (04.22.13)
Tell us, did you change your name from Ben Zonah to Ben Assi?
10. Dutch.....
Auf Trekker ,   NY NY   (04.22.13)
The Dutch wrote the book on cheap! It's said that copper wire was created when two Dutchmen fought over a penny!
11. Steve #3
Ben ,   Tel aviv   (04.23.13)
Hey wise guy. Are you going to pay arrears for the Indian lands your living on?
12. The Dutch have historically been fair and benevolent.
Michael ,   California, USA   (04.23.13)
I have known many visitors from Holland and they have all been very nice people. They are liberal, smart, progressive. I have no doubt they will straighten out the historical record toward Jews. The gratitude for help Jews received from the Dutch during Inquisition times and beyond will not be erased by a few bad apples or mistaken policies by heartless administrators. Keep in mind that it is a Dutch student who is now revealing the Dutch errors from the post-Nazi era.
13. Shame on Amsterdam and the Jews
Ruth Rosenthal ,   Ashkelon Israel   (04.23.13)
1. I understood from Dutch papers that this does not concern "rent", but payment for the use of ground of which the municipality is the owner. In Amsterdam nobody can own land, it all belongs to the municipality. Rent is paid to home owners, but this was not about that. 2. Why are Jews staying in a city and, for that matter, in a country thawt treated them so badly? They should give up their masochism and the fleshpots of Holland and come and work here. Crying and complaining does not help.
14. It got worse further East...
Joseph ,   London England   (04.23.13)
My mother-in-law's baby sister [now in her upper 80's] returned to their family home in Czechoslovakia after her liberation from Auschwitz. She found another family living in their home who said they would kill her if she complained. In the end she went to live in Israel, where she is now a great grandmother, her late husband an aid-de-camp to Moshe Dayan.
15. Reply tro number 3. Reparations for Palestinians
Danny ,   London England   (04.23.13)
The Israeli govt has paid out reparations to Arabs who lost their homes, but this involved accepting payment as full and final settlement. Many Arabs maintain their right to return and therefore have not accepted reparations.
16. Yeah, when you pay rent to the Native Americans
Nanush ,   Jerusalem   (04.23.13)
17. To # 3 Stolen Pal homes
RALF ,   PARIS FRANCE   (04.23.13)
Jew will pay when arabs will pay a rent to Jews for stolen houses ,shops,and various properties when Jews had to flee from Arab countries in 50' and 60'.
18. #12, sorry to disappoint you
Beauchard   (04.23.13)
All the municipal files on Jews were handed intact to the Nazis. Not one file was destroyed. The Jews were rounded up for transport by Dutch police not the Germans. Eichmann is quoted as saying: "The transports run so smoothly that it is a pleasure to see". There were more than 20,000 Dutch volunteers for the SS - the highest number (not percentage) in western Europe. Dutch train drivers transported the Jews. The trains ran on time. There was not one act of sabotage against the transports. 80% of Dutch Jews perished, the highest percentage in western Europe. There were of course brave people who actively and passively opposed the Nazis, but they were nowhere near the number of volunteers for the SS. On a personal note. I had a friend who as a child was hidden during the war in a large number of places, mainly on farms. He maintained that he was often used as slave labour. They used to scare him by saying that he would be handed over to the Germans if he did not do what he was told.
19. #18, Are you fighting for the Palestinians right to return?
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.24.13)
20. #19 Palestinian right to return
Benji ,   US   (04.24.13)
To the Arab lands they came from before seeking work from Jewish landowners in Israel. And you can leave the native american indian land you stole to go with them.
21. #19 "Palestinians" have the right to return
A ,   Belgium   (04.24.13)
to their homes in Jordan, Saudia, and whatever other arab lands they happened to wander into Israel from immediatly. One-way tickets for everyone. No one will stop them and no one will miss them. You'll just have to find some other imaginary people to support with your filthy bedpan posts.
22. #18 not true
Esther ,   Amsterdam   (04.25.13)
Actually, there Dutch resistance set fire to the civil registry in Amsterdam in order to destroy information on Amsterdam jews and prevent their arrest and deportation in 1943. The success was limited:only 15% of the registry was destroyed. 9 of the 11 resistance members who participated in this action were executed.
23. How Native Americans are treated
elke ,   usa   (04.25.13)
In the 18th and 19th centuries, standards were different. But in modern times (1960s-70s to keep it contemporary with Israel's founding), the Alaskan Native Claims Act gave natives $962 million, 40 million acres and shareholder rights in natural resources like oil and gold. This basically made every single native well off. In Alaska and the lower 48, Native Americans are full citizens with sovereignty over their reservations and corporate enterprises. Care to compare that to Israel's treatment of the Palestinians? Please do...
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