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| Jews being rounded up during World War Two |
Jews who hid from the Nazi regime in Amsterdam received hefty fines for avoiding to pay taxes after World War Two, according to press reports in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam Jews who survived the Holocaust, either in hiding or in concentration camps, were later fined for not paying taxes during the war.
During the war, many Jews had their homes confiscated, allegedly for not paying taxes. According to the report, the houses were given to members of the Dutch Nazi party.
City officials continued to try to collect taxes from the survivors after the war.
Last year, the Dutch government made headlines with its persistent refusal to apologize for the apathy that the Dutch government in exile proved to the raid and the murder of most of the Jews in the country during the Holocaust.
The prime minister said that an apology was not offered because the Jewish community had not requested one.
“It is an extreme level of cruelty to punish those who were persecuted by the Nazi regime. These people have suffered enough,” Amanda Edwards, 21, of Amsterdam told YourJewishNews.com.