Plagiarism, Fraud and Whitewashing, the Grey Turn in the History of the German Occupation of the Netherlands, 1940-1945

This books discusses two problems in Dutch history writing. The first is plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct. The second is the current ‘grey’ view of the Netherlands during the Second World War in which the difference between victims and perpetrators is minimalized. The influential books and documentaries of journalist and historian Ad van Liempt and a fraudulent family memoir serve as case studies