Dutch-style liquidation of the past...The list of 425,000 Nazi servicemen revealed

The names of 425,000 Dutch people suspected of cooperating with the Nazis during the German occupation were released online for the first time.

According to the BBC, the list released this time is based on data compiled by the Dutch Special Committee, which was formed just before the end of World War II, and has only been seen in the Hague's National Archives.

The list includes war criminals and about 20,000 people who served in the German military and believed to be members of the National Socialist Movement (NSB), a Dutch Nazi party.

15,000 of them have been punished in any form.

The released list only includes the name, date of birth and place of birth of the suspect, and information on charges and convictions is still available only in the National Archives.

Also, people who are still likely to be alive have been excluded from the online list.Speaking to online media outlet DIT, Tom de Smet, head of the National Archives, said
The issue of subterfuge is still a big trawl, and although it has not been talked about so far, he hopes the release of the list will break the taboo.

The Huygens Institute, which helped computerize the data, also expected it to be of great help to research during the Nazi occupation from 1940 to 1945, saying the computerized data contained important stories for both current and future generations.

Culture Minister Epo Bruins said in a letter to Congress on April 19 that disclosure of data is critical to overcoming dark past effects, but that the amount of online information released will be limited in light of privacy concerns, and that archives will not be allowed to issue copies of related data.