Plan-Frederiks was a plan made up by the Dutch politicians
K.J. Frederiks and
J. van Dam that was meant to protect
Jewish people
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in name of the German people during
World War II
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The occupying German forces did not want the Jews to hide away, so they gave certain Jews places in special
reservation camps in the
Netherlands
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. Only Jews that had been important to
Germany
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, for such reasons as fighting in
World War I
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or being a famous painter, in case of
Jo Spier, were given such treatment. Frederiks and Van Dam wanted other Jews to show up for this plan and try to get a place in one of these camps, instead of hiding away. It would be easy to catch these people.
The reservation camps that were used for this plan were
Villa Bouchina,
De Schaffelaar, and
De Biezen.
They were all opened in February 1943 and closed in April of the same year. In all, about 700 people were incarcerated in these camps, after which they were transported to
Theresienstadt
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, where many of them died.
References
External links
Dutch website about Plan-Frederiks
The Holocaust in the Netherlands
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