Amsterdam to pay Jewish community $11M for Holocaust survivor taxes | Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Amsterdam to pay Jewish community $11M for Holocaust survivor taxes | Jewish Telegraphic Agency

(JTA) — The city of Amsterdam will give its Jewish community $11 million as compensation for taxes imposed on Holocaust survivors who returned home to the Dutch capital following World War II.
Upon their return, according to an article in The Telegraph on Monday, the survivors were made to pay a tax because their homes were left empty during the Holocaust. They also had to pay back taxes for the years they had been taken away from the city, as well as insurance fees.