After the '' Kristallnacht '' pogroms in Germany and Austria on 9 – 10 November 1938 , there was a great increase in the number of refugees coming to the Netherlands . Dr. Erich Rosenberg , who had been working privately to facilitate the emigration of Jews away from Germany , joined the CJV as Head of the Welfare Department at this time . He shared daily management of the CJV 's work with Gertrude van Tijn . Like van Tijn , during the German invasion of May 1940 he declined the opportunity to leave the Netherlands . He and van Tijn continued their work with the CJV through its dissolution in March 1941
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Committee for Jewish Refugees (Netherlands)