During World War II, the Ministry of Works leased Croome Court to the Dutch Government for a year, where it would be used as a possible refuge for Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands to escape the Nazi occupation of her country.

Source: https://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/23845907.five-worcestershires-lost-forgotten-raf-airfields/?ref=rss

On the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1939, 3.3 million Jews lived here, nearly 10% of the country’s population, and perhaps a quarter of Krakow’s.

Source: https://forward.com/opinion/533989/doug-emhoff-interview-poland-holocaust/

The graffiti, which for some brought back horrific memories of the Nazi occupation of Paris during and deportation of its to death camps, were condemned across the political spectrum.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20231107-paris-prosecutor-says-stars-of-david-graffiti-possibly-ordered-from-abroad