Wooden gates were erected during the weekend at the entrances to the three Jewish ghettos in Amsterdam to serve as “symbolic walls” marking the ghetto limits, the Swedish press reported today. Large signs reading “Judenviertel – Joodsche Wijk” were put up at each gate.
The three Jewish ghettos in Amsterdam have so far not been enclosed within walls as are the ghettos in Poland. Jews are able to freely communicate with the Dutch population outside the ghettos. The new measure does not change the situation except that it is feared that it may be a forerunner to a Nazi order prohibiting Jews from crossing the newly erected gates. The gates are located at the entrances of every street crossing the boundaries of each of the three ghetto districts.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
