February strike
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The February strike was a 1941 general strike in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, organized primarily by Dutch workers to protest the persecution of Jews and the actions of the German occupiers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| February strike canonical | 4 |
| February Strike | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3060310 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: February strike Context triple: [Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, notableStrike, February strike]
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A.
Petrograd strikes of 1917
The Petrograd strikes of 1917 were mass worker protests in Russia’s capital that helped trigger the February Revolution and the eventual collapse of the Tsarist regime.
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B.
August Movement
August Movement, also known as August Kranti, refers to the 1942 Quit India Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi against British colonial rule in India.
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C.
October Days
October Days refers to the 1789 Women’s March on Versailles during the French Revolution, when thousands of Parisians, many of them women, marched to demand bread and confront King Louis XVI, forcing the royal family to move to Paris.
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D.
May 18 Democratic Uprising
The May 18 Democratic Uprising was a 1980 pro-democracy movement in South Korea, centered in Gwangju, in which citizens rose up against military dictatorship and were met with brutal state repression.
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E.
The Mass Strike
The Mass Strike is a 1906 political pamphlet by Rosa Luxemburg analyzing the role of mass strikes in revolutionary movements and the relationship between workers, trade unions, and socialist parties.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: February strike Target entity description: The February strike was a 1941 general strike in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, organized primarily by Dutch workers to protest the persecution of Jews and the actions of the German occupiers.
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A.
Petrograd strikes of 1917
The Petrograd strikes of 1917 were mass worker protests in Russia’s capital that helped trigger the February Revolution and the eventual collapse of the Tsarist regime.
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B.
August Movement
August Movement, also known as August Kranti, refers to the 1942 Quit India Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi against British colonial rule in India.
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C.
October Days
October Days refers to the 1789 Women’s March on Versailles during the French Revolution, when thousands of Parisians, many of them women, marched to demand bread and confront King Louis XVI, forcing the royal family to move to Paris.
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D.
May 18 Democratic Uprising
The May 18 Democratic Uprising was a 1980 pro-democracy movement in South Korea, centered in Gwangju, in which citizens rose up against military dictatorship and were met with brutal state repression.
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E.
The Mass Strike
The Mass Strike is a 1906 political pamphlet by Rosa Luxemburg analyzing the role of mass strikes in revolutionary movements and the relationship between workers, trade unions, and socialist parties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
general strike
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historical event ⓘ protest ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Februaristaking
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February Strike of 1941 ⓘ |
| cause |
German raids on Jewish neighborhoods in Amsterdam
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anti-Jewish measures by Nazi occupiers ⓘ arrest and deportation of Jewish men from Amsterdam ⓘ persecution of Jews in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
De Dokwerker monument
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annual remembrance on 25 February in Amsterdam ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| endTime | 1941-02-26 ⓘ |
| hasMonument | De Dokwerker ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Dutch ⓘ |
| location |
Amsterdam
ⓘ
Haarlem ⓘ Hilversum ⓘ Utrecht ⓘ Zaandam ⓘ |
| monumentLocation | Jonas Daniël Meijerplein, Amsterdam ⓘ |
| motive |
resistance to German occupation policies
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solidarity with persecuted Jews ⓘ |
| natureOfEvent |
anti-Nazi protest
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political strike ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
German occupation authorities in the Netherlands
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Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| opposedIdeology | Nazism ⓘ |
| opposedPolicy | anti-Jewish legislation in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| organizer |
Communist Party of the Netherlands
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Dutch workers ⓘ tram workers in Amsterdam ⓘ |
| participant |
dock workers
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metal workers ⓘ municipal employees ⓘ shop workers ⓘ students ⓘ tram workers ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dutch resistance to Nazi occupation
ⓘ
linked to:
Dutch resistance
|
| result |
arrests of strikers
ⓘ
executions of resistance members ⓘ harsher repressive measures by occupiers ⓘ strike violently suppressed by German forces ⓘ |
| significance | first mass protest in Nazi-occupied Europe against persecution of Jews ⓘ |
| startTime | 1941-02-25 ⓘ |
| temporalContext |
Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
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World War II ⓘ |
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Subject: February strike Description of subject: The February strike was a 1941 general strike in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, organized primarily by Dutch workers to protest the persecution of Jews and the actions of the German occupiers.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: February strike
subject linked to:
De Dokwerker monument
linked to: February strike
linked to: February strike