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Sobibor: Part 1

Of the 104,000 Dutch Jews killed by the Nazis, more than 34,000 were killed in Sobibor.  This post is part 1 of a series on the death camp in the forest of eastern Poland.


Hollandse Schouwburg

The Hollandse Schouwburg was Amsterdam’s premier venue for concerts and shows before the Nazis occupied Holland in 1940.  By 1942 it was turned into a detention and deportation center for Amsterdam’s Jews.  Most who went through the Schouwburg would end being transported to Auschwitz and Sobibor.