Zoo refuge Amsterdam menagerie hid Jews from the Nazis

The Artis Zoo, built in the middle of the 19th century in the center of Amsterdam, was Europe's first.

But many visitors don't know about the role the zoo played during the World War II, when dozens or even hundreds of people, Dutch Jews among them, were thus saved from the Nazis by hiding in storerooms above the caged animals.


Roughly 140,000 Jews lived in Holland in the first half of the 20th century, and were joined by 30,000 who escaped Germany with the rise of the Nazis. When the extermination of Dutch Jewry began with the Nazi invasion in 1942, Martin Frankenhaus, the zoo's future manager, had just been born
But many visitors don't know about the role the zoo played during the World War II, when dozens or even hundreds of people, Dutch Jews among them, were thus saved from the Nazis by hiding in storerooms above the caged animals.


Roughly 140,000 Jews lived in Holland in the first half of the 20th century, and were joined by 30,000 who escaped Germany with the rise of the Nazis. When the extermination of Dutch Jewry began with the Nazi invasion in 1942, Martin Frankenhaus, the zoo's future manager, had just been born

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[fernandatralala]

fortunately there are more good people than bad people in this beautiful planet! very touching story. :)

[finalsolutionsoldat]

i know the truth about WWII, its all fake.

the real number of death isn't 6000000 but 300000. NOT ONE of them died in a gas chamber, but from deseas like typus. they didn't had a cure because the allies cut the suplie line.

слава к Нидерланды. SiegHeil.

[DirkjeA]

Your honnor is not even worth the piss of a donkey, stupid sad peace of shit.

[DirkjeA]

Dumbass, accept those assholes of the Waffen SS lost and sad ppl like you live in the past....

Your honnor?????/?? HAHAHAHAHAHA

[finalsolutionsoldat]

the dutch are real great.

more than 20000 of them were members of the Waffen SS, so we had our own SS division.

we were also the country with the most resistance, those ass hole's deserved the bullet.

Meine ehre heisst treue. SiegHeil.

[emmaziva]

The Dutch people are the greatest people in the whole world. My stepmother is Dutch, she was married to my father for over thirty five years until my father sadly passed away two years ago.

[Barakandsarah]

Amamzing. The dutch are great. I really think they are good people. I would disagree with the last comment...Id hope that they would have a repeat of such kindness should it ever be needed. May The Netherlands, The USA, and Israel be blessed.