Jews, Roma and Sinti who were transported by the Dutch Railways (NS) to extermination camps during the Second World War receive a grant of 15,000 euros from the NS. The allowance is in line with the advice of the Individual Allowance for Victims of WW II Transporten NS.

Jews, Roma and Sinti who were transported by the Dutch Railways (NS) to extermination camps during the Second World War receive a grant of 15,000 euros from the NS. The allowance is in line with the advice of the Individual Allowance for Victims of WW II Transporten NS.

According to the Dutch Railways, this involves a total of several tens of millions of euros. If the transported persons died during or after transport, the widow or widower is entitled to an allowance of 7,500 euros.

If the widow or widower is no longer alive, the children who are still alive are entitled to a joint allowance. If the oldest child was born before 8 May 1945, the amount of this allowance is 7,500 euros. If the oldest child was born after that date, the joint allowance amounts to 5,000 euros.

There are still five hundred victims who are still alive and entitled to the allowance and about 5,500 surviving relatives who are still alive.

In November, the committee was given the goal of investigating which people would be entitled to compensation and how high that compensation should be. The committee presented the advice on Wednesday. NS chief executive Roger van Boxtel states that the transport company takes over the advice.

NS earned 2.5 million euros

During the war, the Dutch Railways (NS) earned about 2.5 million euros from the transport of Jews to concentration camps, among others. The NS was asked by the Nazis to make train sets available for those transports and to prepare a special timetable for them.

The people who were taken by train to concentration camps had to pay for their own train tickets and if that didn't work, the Dutch Railways sent an invoice to the Nazis.

NS apologized earlier

In 2005 the Dutch Railways already acknowledged guilt and apologized for the company's actions during the Second World War.

One of the victims is Salo Muller. He lost both his parents in the war. They were taken via Camp Westerbork to Auschwitz extermination camp in 1941 and were killed there. Muller fought for years for compensation from the Dutch Railways to the victims' relatives. This eventually led to the establishment of the commission and the compensation.