Protests as Israeli president attends opening of Netherlands Holocaust museum

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in Amsterdam to protest at Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s attendance at the opening of the Netherlands’ new National Holocaust Museum (Phil Nijhuis/AP)

The Netherlands’ National Holocaust Museum was launched on Sunday in a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose presence prompted protests because of Israel’s deadly offensive against Palestinians in Gaza.

The museum in Amsterdam tells the stories of some of the 102,000 Jews who were deported from the Netherlands and murdered in Nazi camps, as well as the history of their structural persecution under German Second World War occupation before the deportations began.