Dutch village is finally ready to tell its unique Holocaust rescue story

In 1985, Nieuwlande became one of only two locales honored collectively by Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum for rescuing Jews, alongside Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in France.

Hanneke Rozema greets visitors at the De Duikelaar museum in Nieuwlande, the Netherlands on Jan. 25, 2021.

Hanneke Rozema greets visitors at the De Duikelaar museum in Nieuwlande, the Netherlands on Jan. 25, 2021.

(photo credit: CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA)

ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA

JANUARY 28, 2021 05:55