Els Borst
Els Borst
Else "Els" Borst-Eilerswas a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66party. She served as Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002 in the Cabinets Kok I and II. Borst also served as Deputy Prime Minister from 3 August 1998 until 22 July 2002 in the Second purple cabinet. For the Dutch general election of 1998 she was the Lijsttrekkerand served as Leader of the Democrats 66 from 15 February 1998 until 30 May 1998...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 March 1932
Els Borst quotes about
catholics christians dutch feeling government instructed occupied population
My feeling is that if all Catholics or Reformed Christians had been deported to Germany, the Dutch government in London would have instructed the population in the occupied Netherlands to help them.
few great houses impression inhabited jews lived neighbors rounded saw taken time war
I have always lived in Amsterdam. During the war, we inhabited the Rivieren neighborhood where many Jews lived at the time. Our downstairs neighbors were Jews, and there were also Jews a few houses from us. We saw how they were rounded up and taken away. That made a very great impression on me.