Bombing of Kleykamp House, 11 April 1944.jpg
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English: Bombing of Kleykamp House, 11 April 1944. The tower of the Peace Palace is visible in the background. Before WW2 Kleykamp House, at the Scheveningseweg (road) near the Peace Palace, was called Royal Art Hall Kleykamp. In 1941 the German army expropriated the building and the civil registration files of the city of The Hague were moved into the building. The files contained information on the entire population, including their religion, profession, family information and addresses.The Nazi's used the data to identify and persecute Jewish civilians and resistance fighters. It was then decided that the allied forces had to bomb the building. The bombing was executed by the 613 Squadron of the RAF, of which all the pilots were Dutch refugees. The bombing was only a partial success, since half of the files survived. Also, 61 municipal civil servants where killed. As a result of the bombing, hundreds of people in hiding and resistance fighters, could be provided with forged identification papers. |
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