At the outbreak of World War II, the Netherlands again declared its neutrality. However, Nazi Germany ignored this and German forces invaded the country on May 10, 1940. Aided by Dutch collaborationists, the Germans set up an occupation regime. Little did they know how horrific this war would affect all the Netherlands' people. Despite valiant efforts made on the part of the Dutch military, the Netherlands fell to the Germans after only five days of fighting. Even after the invasion, many citizens proclaimed their opposition to the Nazi regime openly. More than 50% of the Dutch Jewish population was sent off. For the only reason of pleasing the mind of one German operate. The Germans began by registering all of the Jews, which in the Netherlands seemed common. This slowly changed when the Jews were being sent off to labor camps. Out of the 200,000 Dutch who died in the war, 100,000 were...