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Amsterdam : Top 10 Jewish Historical Events

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Top 10 Top 10 Jewish Historical Events

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  • 1. 1592 onwards

    Sephardic Jews from Portugal and Spain, fleeing the Inquisition, settle in Amsterdam, attracted by the city’s religious tolerance.

  • 2. 1630s

    Ashkenazi Jews start to arrive from eastern Europe (mainly Poland and Germany).

  • 3. 1796

    Jews are given equal civil rights during Napoleon’s Batavian Republic.

  • 4. 1860

    Drawn to Amsterdam by its new industries and housing, Jews emigrate from Antwerp.

  • 5. 1932–7

    These years see the rise of the Dutch Nazi Party under Anton Mussert; they also see waves of Jewish immigration from Hitler’s Germany.

  • 6. 1941

    In February, nine months into the German Occupation, the dockworkers strike in protest at the arrest and round-up of 450 Jews.

  • 7. 1942

    The deportation of the Jews to Nazi death camps begins. Many Jews, including Anne Frank’s family, go into hiding. Of the 80,000 living in pre-war Amsterdam, only 5,000 will survive the war.

  • 8. 1945

    Amsterdam is liberated by Canadian troops on 5 May.

  • 9. 1947

    Anne Frank’s diary is published (see Anne Frankhuis).

  • 10. 1975

    Violent protests break out against the destruction of the Jodenbuurt – the old Jewish Quarter – in the Nieuwmarkt.

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