Amsterdam

Historical novel on Holland’s largest Holocaust rescue operation slammed for ‘awful’ errors

Among other mistakes, the new book by a soap opera star turned author describes a Nazi-controlled Jewish council as existing to make Jews “strong together.”

Cantors and musicians perform at the annual Hanukkah event of the Royal Concert Hall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Dec. 22, 2019. (Eduardus Lee)

How Hanukkah returned to Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall decades after the Holocaust

A cantor from New York who works in tech is behind the recent revival of a holiday tradition that the Nazis had halted for 70 years.

A child poses for a photo with a woman dressed as Black Pete and a man portraying Saint Nicholas in northern Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Nov. 16, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Amsterdam’s Jewish museum wades into Dutch blackface controversy with new exhibition

The exhibition shows that the man who first depicted the controversial Black Pete character penned a popular series of anti-Semitic booklets.

Jacqueline van Maarsen smiles as she examines the first memorial brick in the Names Monument of Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Sept. 23. (Courtesy of Holocaust Names Monument Netherlands.)

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Friend of Anne Frank lays first stone of Amsterdam’s newest Holocaust monument

A car belonging to the Dutch security forces guarding the Maimonides and Rosj Pina Jewish schools in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Nov. 25, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

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Amsterdam Jewish schools lose city’s subsidy because of excess parent contributions, including for security

Two men walk down a street in a residential area of Amsterdam, the Netherlands on April 23, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

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Dutch man is acquitted after saying hackers sent anti-Semitic death threats from his computer

The package discovered outside the HaCarmel kosher restaurant in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Jan. 15, 2020. (Federatief Joods Nederland)

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Dutch Moroccan gets 8 months in jail for fake bomb at kosher eatery

A visitor examines pencill marks measuring the grwoth of Anne and Margot Frank in what used to be their parents' room at the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Nov. 24, 2016. (Photo Collection Anne Frank House)

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With no tourists in Amsterdam, locals are discovering the Anne Frank House

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Dutch-Jewish WWII hero Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk, who saved hundreds of children, dies at 96

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Amsterdam to contribute $5.6 million for Holocaust museum makeover

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