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Maximum Postcard Commemorating The February 1941 Dockworkers Strike Against The Nazi Persecution Of The Jews Of The Netherlands
Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection
Postcard of black and white image of statue with postage stamp of statue in top left corner marked “NEDERLAND 15.” Back includes “Amsterdam J.D. Meyerplein” printed in top right corner.
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Maximum postcard real photograph with commemorative stamp of the Dockworker strike of February 22 and 23, 1942. The first major German roundup of the Jews of Amsterdam occurred at Jonas Daniël Meijerplein square. Here, 425 Jewish men were driven together to the square and deported to Mauthausen and Buchenwald concentration camps. These raids inspired the February dockworkers strike. Queen Juliana unveiled this statue in …