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The 1943 bombing of the Amsterdam civil registry office was an attempt by members of the Dutch resistance to destroy the Amsterdam civil registry ( bevolkingsregister ), in order to prevent the German occupiers from identifying Jews and others marked for persecution, arrest or forced labour.


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Authorities evacuated parts of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday after workers found an unexploded World War Two bomb, forcing airlines to delay and cancel some flights. And separately, a.


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AMSTERDAM, N.Y. ( NEWS10) — According to New York State Police, explosives were found on Route 5 in Amsterdam. The bomb disposal unit and multiple fire units are currently on scene..


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July 1943. Photo collection: NIOD, Amsterdam (Beeldbank WO2) Anne Frank heard the bombardment, as the Secret Annex was only a few miles away. On 19 July 1943, she wrote: 'North Amsterdam was very heavily bombed on Sunday. There was apparently a great deal of destruction. Entire streets are in ruins [.]


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Amsterdam escapes terrorist attack. DutchAmsterdam.nl — The bomb threats against several stores in south-east Amsterdam today were of a terroristic nature. Amsterdam police have picked up a number of suspects in connection with the threats. Police were alerted to the threats by a phone call originating from a prepaid mobile phone in Brussels.


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On May 7, 1945, a large crowd gathered at Dam Square in Amsterdam. The Second World War was coming to an end after six long, bloody years. However, the event quickly turned into pandemonium. Two days earlier (on May 5, Liberation Day ), the Germans had capitulated to the Allies in the Netherlands.


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In July 1943, the Allies tried to drop bombs on the Fokker aircraft factory in Amsterdam-North, because it was involved in the German war industry. The Allied attack on the factory largely missed its target and bombs fell on residential areas, a monastery and a church. There were more than 200 casualties, mostly civilians.


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On 31 July 1982, the headquarters of the Labour Party in Amsterdam was bombed by a group called Militant Autonomen Front. [10] [12] On 5 November 1985, a group called Autonomous Cells Netherlands tried to kill mayor of Amsterdam, Ed van Thijn, by detonating a bomb at his house - blaming him for the death of a squatter called Hans Kok.


Amsterdam's Schiphol airport 'WWII bomb' detonated BBC News

Utrecht explosions Saturday, 18 June 2022 - 16:30 Share this: Homes in Amsterdam increasingly targeted in attacks Homes in Amsterdam have been subject to increasing explosive or shooting attacks in the past several years.


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The simple answer to this question is that it was the German Nazi that dropped a bomb in Amsterdam. It is imperative to note, however, that the attack that resulted in the most casualties and severest destruction in Netherlands did not occur in Amsterdam. How WWII affected Amsterdam The WWII affected Amsterdam in a number ways.


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Why did "Amsterdam" bomb so spectacularly? Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any mystery here: the answers (yes, there are more reasons than one) are tragically straightforward. The movie.


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Police in Amsterdam said an explosive device detonated on the balcony of an apartment building early Monday morning. The incident happened on Insulindeweg in Amsterdam-Oost, where several other violent incidents have happened in the past week. The neighborhood woke up when the explosive went off at about 2 a.m.


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Crime Explosion in Amsterdam mail room 02/12/2020 The first incident occurred at an ABN Amro mail-sorting office in the Dutch capital and police presumed it was a letter bomb. A second.


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On 10 May 1940, the German army invaded the Netherlands. It was the start of five days of fighting that resulted in the occupation of the Netherlands. Why did Nazi Germany attack the Netherlands? How did the Dutch population respond? What happened in those five days? War in Europe On 1 September 1939, the German army invaded Poland.


Amsterdam's Schiphol airport evacuated after bomb scare

Police in the Netherlands have arrested seven men over an alleged plot to carry out what they describe as a major terrorist attack involving guns and explosives. Police say the men were trying to.