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Student uncovers effort to seek Holocaust tax justice in Amsterdam
Amsterdam intern Charlotte van den Berg uncovered letters from Jewish survivors frustrated that they were billed for taxes and late fees on properties seized after deportation. A NIOD review cites 217 such cases and urges the city to compensate survivors about 6.7 million dollars for fines and back taxes tied to wartime occupancy.
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Amsterdam
Charlotte van den Berg
van den Berg
Associated Press
Netherlands’ Institute of War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
NIOD
Ronny Nafthaniel
Nafthaniel
Auschwitz
Nathaniel
Netherlands
Anne Frank
Israel
Institute
Lippmann, Rosenthal & Co. Bank
Third Reich
Niod Institute For War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies