A report on February strike
General strike in the German-occupied Netherlands in 1941, during World War II, organised by the then-outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands in defence of persecuted Dutch Jews and against the anti-Jewish measures and activities of the Nazis in general.
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Amsterdam
1 linksCapital and most populous city of the Netherlands; with a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area.
Capital and most populous city of the Netherlands; with a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area.
In response, the Dutch Communist Party organized the February strike attended by 300,000 people to protest against the raids.
Hendrik Koot
1 linksDutch collaborator with the German occupying forces during World War II.
Dutch collaborator with the German occupying forces during World War II.
His death was seized by the German authorities to start raids in the Jodenbuurt, the Amsterdam Jewish quarters, which in turn led to the February strike.
Hilversum
1 linksCity and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.
City and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.
On February 25 and 26, 1941, most of Hilversum's factories went on strike against the start of the Holocaust in the so-called February strike (Amsterdam Docker's Strike).
Weerbaarheidsafdeling
1 linksThe paramilitary arm of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB), the fascist political party that collaborated with the German occupiers of the Netherlands during World War II.
The paramilitary arm of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB), the fascist political party that collaborated with the German occupiers of the Netherlands during World War II.
The events led to the first razzias, deportations of Jews and formation of a ghetto in Amsterdam, and from there to the February strike.
Communist Party of the Netherlands
0 linksDutch communist party.
Dutch communist party.
Both took part in the February Strike in 1941, the largest act of resistance in the Netherlands.
Kamp Schoorl
0 linksNazi concentration camp (1940–1941) near the village of Schoorl in the Netherlands.
Nazi concentration camp (1940–1941) near the village of Schoorl in the Netherlands.
The first Jews captured during the razzia (pogrom) of 22 and 23 February 1941 in Amsterdam (Jonas Daniël Meijerplein) were transferred in an army truck to the camp.
Noordermarkt
0 linksSquare in the Jordaan neighborhood of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Square in the Jordaan neighborhood of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
During World War II, the organisers of the February Strike of 1941, to protest deportations of Jews by the Nazis, held their first public meetings on Noordermarkt square.