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Wednesday May 28, 2025
Amsterdam Episode 07 Anne Frank and World War II in Amsterdam
Wednesday May 28, 2025
Wednesday May 28, 2025
This episode on World War II in Amsterdam looks at how 5 years of German occupation affected everyone living there and suggests places to visit to find out more. We start with the population in general and the Dutch Resistance Museum, then look at the plight of the city’s Jewish population before finishing with a section on Anne Frank: her story and the museum now operating in the building where she and her family lived in hiding for 25 months.
Reading Suggestions
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Dutch Resistance 1940-1945 by Klaas Kastlein and Michael Wenting
Links for this post
The Dutch Resistance Museum
The Hollandsche Schouwburg Memorial Site
The National Holocaust Museum
Anne Frank House
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