Historical novel on Holland's largest Holocaust rescue operation slammed for 'awful' errors
Historical novel on Holland's largest Holocaust rescue operation slammed for 'awful' errors Luuk Kramer/Courtesy of the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam The Amsterdam building that used to house the Reform seminary and children's detainment facility where Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk helped saved hundreds of Jewish children. AMSTERDAM (JTA) - It was meant as an ode to one of the most courageous yet little-known rescue efforts of Jews during the Holocaust. But a week after its publication, a Dutch-language historical novel is at the heart of a controversy over whether the author twisted the h...
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