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Jewish Sights

Sephardic community for whom
it was built in 1675. The massive
wooden barrel-vaulted ceiling is lit
by more than 1,000 candles (see p82).
Jodenbuurt
4
MAP Q5
When the Jews arrived in the late
16th century, they moved into a lack-
Joods Historisch Museum lustre area to the east of Oude Zijde,
around present-day Waterlooplein.
Joods Historisch
1 Although several synagogues,
Museum
diamond factories and street
This remarkable museum markets have surviv ed, the heart of
represents all aspects of Judaism the Jodenbuurt was destroyed by
and the history and culture of the post-war redevelopment and the
Jews who settled in the Netherlands building of the Metro.
and its colonies. Only a fraction of
De Dokwerker
the extensive and eclectic collection 5
of 16,000 objects is ever on show at MAP Q5 • Jonas Daniel
any one time. Displays include works Meijerplein
by Jewish artists, ceremonial items Mari Andriessen’s evoc ative bronze
and themed exhibitions (see p82). statue (1952) is a memorial to the
dockers’ and transport workers’
Anne Frank House
2 strike of February 1941 over the
The plight of Jews like the
arrest of 450 Jews for the killing
Franks, forced into hiding by the of a Nazi sympathizer. The event is
Nazis in World War II, was brought to commemorated every 25 February.
light by Anne’s poignant diary; the
Ravensbrück Memorial
house where they hid for 25 months 6
is now a museum (see pp38–9). MAP C6 • Museumplein
Remembering the women of
Portugese Synagoge
3 Ravensbrück, this is one of the most
disturbing of the city’s Holocaust
Inspired by the Temple of
Solomon in Jerusalem, Elias memorials. Dedicated in 1975, it
Bouman’s bulky red-brick synagogue incorporates a sinister soundtrack
is still the core of the small and flashing lights.

The bema and Torah ark in the Portugese Synagoge

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