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Netherlands Marks Kristallnacht With Packed Ceremonies and Warnings on Antisemitism

The Amsterdam service drew high-level guests, including Germany’s education minister.

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 AjaxMaccabi 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.