Exile and Migration (The Netherlands) ... : Exile and Migration (The Netherlands) ...
About a million Belgian civilians fled to the Netherlands at the beginning of the First World War. Approximately 900,000 of them returned within a few weeks, while 100,000 stayed for the duration of the war. The Netherlands also accommodated about 100,000 refugees from other countries. Initially there was an enormous willingness to help the Belgian refugees. However, costs were too high for private organisations to bear and, when support dwindled, the Dutch state took it upon itself to house and feed some of the refugees. ... : 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | articleArtikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
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BSB - Bavarian State Library
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| Schlagwörter: | Weltkrieg [1914-1918] / Niederlande / Netherlands / Migration |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29159484 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://dx.doi.org/10.15463/ie1418.11095 |
About a million Belgian civilians fled to the Netherlands at the beginning of the First World War. Approximately 900,000 of them returned within a few weeks, while 100,000 stayed for the duration of the war. The Netherlands also accommodated about 100,000 refugees from other countries. Initially there was an enormous willingness to help the Belgian refugees. However, costs were too high for private organisations to bear and, when support dwindled, the Dutch state took it upon itself to house and feed some of the refugees. ... : 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War ...