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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1941, Feb | |
| The Dutch responded to raids on Jewish neighborhoods with a strike organized by the Communist party. The Nazis responded with a declaration of martial law on March 8. | 1 |
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| The deportation of Jews began in the Netherlands first with foreign Jews and then Dutch Jews. In the summer the Catholic and Protestant Dutch Reformed churches organized a joint public denunciation, sparking Nazi threats of reprisals. When the Catholics proceeded alone with denunciations, the Nazis began to deport Jews who had converted to Catholicism too. | 2 |
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| A consultative board for the affairs of the Netherlands East Indies was set up in London to assist the minister for the colonies of the Netherlands government in exile. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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