The Dutch National Holocaust Museum is the first official museum on the Holocaust in the Netherlands. It is located in an historic building in the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam, near a former c
2024 NHM, Plantage Middenlaan 27, Asd
Yellow Star of David with text "Jood" (Jew) that Dutch Jews were obliged to wear during the German occupation of the Netherlands in the Second World War.
President of Israel Isaac Herzog attending opening of Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam
The history of the Jews in the Netherlands largely dates to the late 16th century and 17th century, when Sephardic Jews from Portugal and Spain began to settle in Amsterdam and a few other Dutch citie
Dutch National Holocaust Museum
…war in Gaza. About a thousand demonstrators gathered near the site, kept at a distance by police. The city of Amsterdam played a major role in the history of the Jews in the Netherlands. Three-quarters of the country's Jews, the highest percentage in Western Europe, in total 102,000 people, were killed during the Nazi occupation of the…
Interior of the Portuguese Synagogue, Amsterdam in 1695 by Romeyn de Hooghe
Bima in the Amsterdam Esnoga 1695 by Romeyn de Hooghe
Interior of the Amsterdam Esnoga, the synagogue for the Portuguese-Israelite (Sephardic) community. It was inaugurated 2 August 1675 and is still in use by the Jewish community.
Exterior of the Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam, c. 1695, showing the social context of the wealthy community. by Romeyn de Hooghe