Eight decades after the Holocaust, the list was made public in the country of Anne Frank as a law prohibiting its release expired on New Year’s Day.

Summary

The Netherlands has released a digital archive of 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators from World War II, following the expiration of a law prohibiting its publication.

The list, compiled by the Huygens Institute’s “War in Court” project, documents the investigations of mostly Dutch individuals, with only 20% ever tried.

This revelation sheds light on the scale of Dutch complicity during Nazi occupation.

While historians and educators hail it as a significant resource, some descendants of those named have expressed concern about potential backlash.

Access to more detailed records remains restricted to researchers.

  • lunarul@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    “Suspected” as in not confirmed? I’m all for publishing the names of known collaborators, but just suspected collaborators sounds dangerous. I was alive during a regime where “suspected” was enough for an arrest and enhanced interrogation.

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
      1·
      4 months ago

      Of those in the database, only a fifth ever appeared in court, with most cases concerning more minor offenses such as membership in the Nazi party, Reuters reported.

      A lot more were suspected than actually confirmed, yeah. Having your name on the list might seem like confirmation for some which is, geez.