Dutch famine of 1944–1945

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkb:dam
gptkbp:affectedPopulation 4.5 million
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Hunger_Winter
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Nazi_German_blockade
harsh winter
Allied advance
gptkbp:commemoratedBy Dutch National Remembrance Day
gptkbp:country gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Anne_Frank's_diary
gptkbp:endDate liberation of the Netherlands
1945-05
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dutch famine of 1944–1945
gptkbp:location German-occupied Netherlands
gptkbp:notableFor long-term health effects
starvation
food shortages
long-term health effects on survivors
increased infant mortality
impact on scientific research
bread rationing
decreased birth weight
impact on Dutch society
impact on postwar policy
increased stillbirths
influence on epigenetics studies
influence on nutrition science
scientific studies on prenatal exposure
severe malnutrition
tulip bulb consumption
urban-rural food trade
gptkbp:notableVictim children
pregnant women
elderly
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy Allied Operation Market Garden
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Holocaust
gptkb:Siege_of_Leningrad
gptkb:Great_Famine_(Ireland)
gptkbp:reliefEffortsBy gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Sweden
Red Cross
gptkbp:startDate 1944-11
gptkbp:victim approximately 20,000
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:European_famines
gptkb:Hunger_Winter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7