Over half of Dutch local authorities refuse to investigate their role in the confiscation and sale of Jewish properties during World War II, according to a survey by Dutch current affairs

programme Pointer.

Of the 218 municipalities where Jewish properties were confiscated, 135 have investigated their own role in the matter, while 83 have taken no action.

The homes and other real estate, registered in Verkaufbücher files, were sold by the Nazis to finance anti-Jewish measures, including transport to concentration camps. Some municipalities have since donated to Jewish associations and remembrance centres. Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs called for the 53 municipalities refusing to investigate to be “named and shamed”. Photo by F. Ferro, Wikimedia commons.