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# Holocaust survivors were spied on as a "danger to democracy"
- URL: https://werd.io/holocaust-survivors-were-spied-on-as-a-danger-to-democracy/
- Published: 2023-12-26T23:50:21.000Z
- Updated: 2023-12-26T23:50:21.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: NotableLinks, #Import 2025-06-13 09:20

"Dutch Jews who survived the death camps and returned to the Netherlands were for years monitored by the Dutch secret service because they were considered to be extremists and a danger to democracy." There's no context that can possibly make this acceptable.

The Netherlands is still struggling to come to terms with the way it treated Jews who returned home - and hasn't really reckoned with how enthusiastically many Dutch people supported the incoming regime during the war. It's tremendously sad that it's still trying to make excuses for this behavior today. [#Democracy](https://werd.io/tag/Democracy)

\[[Link](https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/12/holocaust-survivors-were-spied-on-as-a-danger-to-democracy/)\]