Kolonne Henneicke

  • The Henneicke Column
Identifier
536
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

1943-03/1943-09

History

In 1943-03 reporting a Jew in hiding to the occupier was rewarded with 7.50 Dutch guilders. The Kolonne Henneicke became notorious - a group of violent Jew hunters under leadership of Wim Henneicke who worked for the Hausraterfassung - an organization that was responsible, among other things, for clearing the homes of deported Jews. He put together a group of more than 50 men, who in less than a year reported more than 8,000 Jews.

Places

  • Founded and active in the Netherlands.

Sources

  • Auschwitz Committee, www.auschwitz.nl Community Joods Monument, www.communityjoodsmonument.nl