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News Netherlands » History: Podcast Helps Dutch Acknowledge Netherlands' History Of Slavery

News channel or source: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/26/906145019/podcast-helps-dutch-acknowledge-netherlands-history-of-slavery

Published on: Tuesday 25 August 2020

A popular podcast in the Netherlands is showing the Dutch how to face their country's colonial and slave-trading past as lawmakers push for a national apology and reparations. People once called it ...

News Netherlands » History: With a New Holocaust Museum, the Netherlands Faces Its Past

News channel or source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/arts/design/holocaust-museum-the-netherlands.html

Published on: Monday 04 March 2024

The new institution in Amsterdam is the first to tell the full story of the persecution of Dutch Jews during World War II. By Claire Moses Reporting from Amsterdam Three faces stare blankly from sepia ...

News Netherlands » History: Seventy-five years later, the Netherlands honors the ‘Black Liberators’ who helped end the Nazi occupation

News channel or source: https://www.militarytimes.com/military-honor/black-military-history/2020/02/13/seventy-five-years-later-the-netherlands-honors-the-black-liberators-who-helped-end-the-nazi-occupation/

Published on: Wednesday 12 February 2020

An unnamed soldier interacts with Dutch locals during the liberation of the Netherlands. 172 ‘Black Liberators’ were killed in action and buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.

News Netherlands » History: Discover Maastricht: A Hidden Gem Of Dutch History And Culture

News channel or source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanneshurvell/2024/12/27/discover-maastricht-a-hidden-gem-of-dutch-history-and-culture/

Published on: Friday 27 December 2024

Often flying under the radar of many travelers, Maastricht is one of Europe’s hidden gems, offering rich history, stunning architecture and a vibrant cultural and culinary scene. ByJoanne Shurvell, ...

News Netherlands » History: A Chronology of Dutch History

News channel or source: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1954/04/a-chronology-of-dutch-history/642566/

Published on: Friday 27 May 2022

57 B.C.: Caesar invades the country inhabited by tribes of Gallo-Celtic stock and tribes of Germanic origin. 500 A.D.: Clovis, king of the Franks, becomes the first Christian ruler. 9th Century: With ...

News Netherlands » History: The Netherlands Looks Again at its Controversial Role in Srebrenica

News channel or source: https://balkaninsight.com/2020/07/10/the-netherlands-looks-again-at-its-controversial-role-in-srebrenica/btj/

Published on: Thursday 09 July 2020

Young Bosnian-Dutch activists are campaigning to raise the low level of public knowledge about the 1995 Srebrenica genocide and the Netherlands’ role in the UN peacekeeping mission that did not ...

News Netherlands » History: The Dutch Invented Global Logistics: A History Lesson

News channel or source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinomarah/2018/03/15/the-dutch-invented-global-logistics-a-history-lesson/

Published on: Thursday 15 March 2018

Last week while on holiday I read a book called The Silk Roads. Its title hints at the still underappreciated importance of supply chain as a discipline. The lessons it offers about how trade, ...

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