Westerbork refugee fundraising walk cancelled after organisers face threats

A walk from the Westerbork Nazi transit camp to Groningen as part of the ‘night of the refugee’ fundraising activities has been cancelled after the organisers faced death threats and intimidation. The decision to scrap the walk from Camp Westerbork, which was originally built to house Jewish refugees and was later used as an assembly point for Jews who were being sent to the death camps, was taken ‘after intense discussions’ with the police, the organisers said in a statement....