--- description: On average, families will receive about 1,800 euro title: Amsterdam to Repay Jews for Late Rent Fines During World War II image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb2feda7ce836a78/6988626b2dce01c9d09e563a/amsterdam.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [amsterdam](/tag/amsterdam/) ## amsterdam Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Amsterdam to Repay Jews for Late Rent Fines During WWII by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 5, 2015 1:55 PM CUT  bicycle parked at the bridge in amsterdam bicycle parked at the bridge in amsterdamIrina Dobrolyubova—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 5, 2015 1:55 PM CUT Amsterdam [will pay the descendants](http://news.yahoo.com/amsterdam-repay-jews-fined-rents-wwii-174438512.html;%5Fylt=A0LEVzcU3ulVbS4APy9XNyoA;%5Fylu=X3oDMTEydTRpdG1qBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjA4NTRfMQRzZWMDc2M- "undefined") of Jews who were charged late rent while housed in concentration camps during WWII. The city said in a statement Friday that the fines were “unfairly collected” and that relatives will be repaid. About 80,000 Jews were taken from Amsterdam to concentration camps between 1940 and 1945\. Only about 18,000 survived, according to _Agence France Presse_. About 240 survivors of concentration camps were forced to pay fines for uncollected rent when they returned to Amsterdam, a Dutch Institute of War, Holocaust, and Genocide study shows. The descendants will receive about €1,800, on average, for the fines imposed but the exact sum depends on the case. \[[_AFP_](http://news.yahoo.com/amsterdam-repay-jews-fined-rents-wwii-174438512.html;%5Fylt=A0LEVzcU3ulVbS4APy9XNyoA;%5Fylu=X3oDMTEydTRpdG1qBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjA4NTRfMQRzZWMDc2M- "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4023711/amsterdam-repay-jews-rent-world-war-ii/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4023711/amsterdam-repay-jews-rent-world-war-ii/"},"headline":"Amsterdam to Repay Jews for Late Rent Fines During WWII","datePublished":"2015-09-05T13:55:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:43:12.371Z","description":"The descendants will receive about €1,800","url":"https://time.com/4023711/amsterdam-repay-jews-rent-world-war-ii/","keywords":["amsterdam","Holocaust","The Netherlands","Netherlands","WWII"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb2feda7ce836a78/6988626b2dce01c9d09e563a/amsterdam.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb2feda7ce836a78/6988626b2dce01c9d09e563a/amsterdam.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Beautiful Amsterdam","caption":"Beautiful Amsterdam","creditText":"Irina Dobrolyubova—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/amsterdam/","name":"amsterdam"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4023711/amsterdam-repay-jews-rent-world-war-ii/","name":"Amsterdam to Repay Jews for Late Rent Fines During WWII"}}]}] ```