LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. As we ponder what is happening in Amsterdam (in The Netherlands), we are reminded of two Lighthouse Trails authors – Corrie ten Boom and Diet Eman – and many with them who risked their lives during WWII in Holland to save the lives of Jewish people who were being hunted down by Hitler’s Nazis.
By Bob Unruh
WND News
In what already is being called a European pogram or Kristallnacht II, antisemitism has exploded in Amsterdam and Israeli officials promptly announced a rescue plan including airplanes being dispatched to retrieve endangered citizens.
A report at United With Israel confirmed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced overnight “he was dispatching two rescue planes to Amsterdam following a ‘very violent incident against Israeli citizens.'” Click here to continue reading.
(photo of Amsterdam flag from istockphoto.com; used with permission; Jewish symbol from Holocaust/Germany in public domain)
When I heard this news, I was thinking how heartbroken Corrie ten-Boon and others, who fought so hard, would be.