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1943 bombing of the Amsterdam civil registry office

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Brandaanslag op Amsterdams Bevolkingsregister; de dag erna 28 maart 1943
Brandaanslag op Amsterdams Bevolkingsregister; de dag erna 28 maart 1943

The 1943 bombing of the Amsterdam civil registry office was an attempt by members of the Dutch resistance to destroy the Amsterdam civil registry (bevolkingsregister), in order to prevent the German occupiers from identifying Jews and others marked for persecution, arrest or forced labour. The March 1943 assault was only partially successful, and led to the execution of 12 participants. Nevertheless, the action likely saved many Jews from arrest and deportation to Nazi extermination camps.

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1943 bombing of the Amsterdam civil registry office
Tweede Boerhaavestraat, Amsterdam Oost

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Tweede Boerhaavestraat 58-H
1091 AP Amsterdam, Oost
North Holland, Netherlands
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Brandaanslag op Amsterdams Bevolkingsregister; de dag erna 28 maart 1943
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