Nieuwlande
Nieuwlande (Dutch Low Saxon: Neilaande) is a Dutch village located in the north-eastern province of Drenthe situated in the municipality of Hoogeveen. The population, as of 2023 is 1419. Nieuwlande is one of only two villages in the world that collectively received the Righteous Among the Nations award for its Holocaust Rescue story where nearly all of the town's residents hid and saved the lives of hundreds of Jews as well as resistance fighters and German deserters during World War II.
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- Nieuwlande
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- Street in Nieuwlande
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- Netherlands
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- Drenthe
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- Municipality
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- Coevorden, Hoogeveen, some houses in Hardenberg
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- Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
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- 1419
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Nieuwlande är en småort i kommunen Hoogeveen i provinsen Drenthe i Nederländerna, som hade en befolkning på 1 250 år 2004. Nieuwlande ligger på mager och torvmosserik mark i södra delen av Drentheprovinsen.
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