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"This is mainly a walking tour through the former Jewish neighbourhood of Amsterdam.
Transportation by car from pick up and to drop off address, the Anne Frank House and city sightseeing tour."
Transportation by car from pick up and to drop off address, the Anne Frank House and city sightseeing tour."
"If you have special preferences about visiting Jewish sights, please contact me and I'll put them into your itinerary."
Raymond VandenBurg
Raymond VandenBurg
Sephardic Jews fleeing Spain and Portugal during the 16th and early 17th centuries established a neighborhood east of the center that became known as the Jewish Quarter.
In 1665 they built the Portugese Synagogue, an elegant Ionic-style synagogue within an existing courtyard facing what is now a busy traffic circle.
In 1665 they built the Portugese Synagogue, an elegant Ionic-style synagogue within an existing courtyard facing what is now a busy traffic circle.
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Anne Frank was one of the Jewish victims of Nazi persecution during the second world war.
The Frank family tried to escape by going into hiding. On July 1942, Otto Frank, Edith Frank-Hollander and their daughters Margot and Anne hid in this building on the Prinsengracht.
The building consists of two parts : a front house and a back annex. Otto Frank's business was located in the front house. The uppermost floors of the back anexe became the hiding place. After more than two years the group was betrayed and deported.
The Frank family tried to escape by going into hiding. On July 1942, Otto Frank, Edith Frank-Hollander and their daughters Margot and Anne hid in this building on the Prinsengracht.
The building consists of two parts : a front house and a back annex. Otto Frank's business was located in the front house. The uppermost floors of the back anexe became the hiding place. After more than two years the group was betrayed and deported.
In 1993 a memorial was placed in Amsterdam’s Wertheim Park, a stark reminder of Auschwitz concentration camp.
Made by Dutch artist and writer
Jan Wolkers, it consists of broken mirrors, in which the skies are reflected, day and night.
Made by Dutch artist and writer
Jan Wolkers, it consists of broken mirrors, in which the skies are reflected, day and night.
(7 hour tour)
Jewish Sites of Amsterdam
Alkmaar...Amsterdam... Delft...Edam... Elburg...Gouda... Hoorn... Marken...Monnickendam... The Hague... Volendam
- Auschwitz Monument
- Portuguese Synagogue (not on Saturday)
- Jewish Historical Museum
- Hollandse Schouwburg
- Anne Frank House
- Walk through Jewish quarter
- City Sightseeing Tour by car
- Portuguese Synagogue (not on Saturday)
- Jewish Historical Museum
- Hollandse Schouwburg
- Anne Frank House
- Walk through Jewish quarter
- City Sightseeing Tour by car
The Jewish Historical Museum Foundation was established on 23 May 1930 for the purpose of 'collecting and exhibiting that which presents a picture of Jewish life in general and Dutch Jewish life in particular.
The JHM is housed in four former synagogues: the Great Synagogue (1671); the Obbene Shul (1685); the Dritt Shul (1700) and the New Synagogue (1752).
The JHM is housed in four former synagogues: the Great Synagogue (1671); the Obbene Shul (1685); the Dritt Shul (1700) and the New Synagogue (1752).
Between 1942 and 1943 Jews from Amsterdam and surrounding districts were obliged to report at the Hollandsche Schouwburg, a jewish theatre, before being deported to the extermination camps.
The memorial room in the Hollandsche Schouwburg provides
6700 family names engraved on a wall, representing all the Jews who were deported from the Netherlands.
The memorial room in the Hollandsche Schouwburg provides
6700 family names engraved on a wall, representing all the Jews who were deported from the Netherlands.
