Most of the Jews forced onto the trams did not survive: More than 100,000 Dutch Jews — three-quarters of the country’s Jewish population — were murdered in the Holocaust. Now, the long ...

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Uncomprehending Jews were rousted from their homes in the middle of the night by Dutch police in the three Jewish Quarters the Nazis had set up in Amsterdam. They were herded into waiting tram ...

Dutch Justice Minister Ferd Grapperhaus said the suspect “was known” to authorities and had a criminal record, according to the Associated Press. Several shots were fired inside the tram ...