Overview
- The national ceremony at Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue was nearly full and included German Education Minister Karin Prien, the first German cabinet member to attend.
- Dutch Social Affairs Minister Mariëlle Paul urged a sharper public focus on antisemitism, referencing disturbances after Ajax–Maccabi Tel Aviv and noting increased government funding for countermeasures.
- In Groningen, a silent march and ceremony at Waagplein proceeded peacefully and featured family testimony about survivor Ruth Wallage-Binheim.
- Police provided visible security around commemorations, and authorities reported no need for major interventions.
- An alternative march organized by the anti‑zionist group Erev Rav connected the remembrance to Gaza and wider discrimination and drew roughly one hundred participants.