'wij worden als vee weggeleid om gedood te worden en verloren te gaan'; Vervolgd en beroofd, Joden, hun overlevingskansen en hun onroerende eigendommen in en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog in de Groninger gemeenten Eemsdelta, Pekela en Westerwolde: Rapport van het onderzoek naar het handelen van de gemeenten Eemsdelta, Pekela en Westerwolde ten aanzien van Joods onroerend goed circa 1940-1960

Translated title of the contribution: 'We are lead as cattle to be killed and to get lost'; Persecuted and robbed: Jews, their survival chances and their real estate in and after WW2 in the Groningen municipalities Eemsdelta, Pekela and Westerwolde (Netherlands): Report of the investigation into the acting of the municipalities Eemsdelta, Pekela and Westerwolde regarding Jewish reals estate ca. 1940-1955

Richard Paping, Jeroen Benders, Albert Buursma, Owen Duijvendak, Koos Graper

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Abstract

The research showed that survival chances of Jews using an individual approach in the region under study was with about 10% half lower than was until now reported in literature (20%). The report also discusses in detail the appropriation of Jewish reals estates during WWII and the procedures afterwards to restore the original owners, though much more often their successors in their ownership. Especially, a lot of attention is given to those cases were the local government was involved in the acquisition of Jewish property.
Translated title of the contribution'We are lead as cattle to be killed and to get lost'; Persecuted and robbed: Jews, their survival chances and their real estate in and after WW2 in the Groningen municipalities Eemsdelta, Pekela and Westerwolde (Netherlands): Report of the investigation into the acting of the municipalities Eemsdelta, Pekela and Westerwolde regarding Jewish reals estate ca. 1940-1955
Original languageDutch
PublisherRijksuniversiteit Groningen
Number of pages223
Publication statusPublished - 9-Apr-2025

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