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.
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2. 1630s
Ashkenazi Jews start to arrive from eastern Europe (mainly Poland and Germany).
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3. 1796
Jews are given equal civil rights during Napoleon’s Batavian Republic.
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4. 1860
Drawn to Amsterdam by its new industries and housing, Jews emigrate from Antwerp.
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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.
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6. 1941
In February, nine months into the German Occupation, the dockworkers strike in protest at the arrest and round-up of 450 Jews.
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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.
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8. 1945
Amsterdam is liberated by Canadian troops on 5 May.
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9. 1947
Anne Frank’s diary is published (see Anne Frankhuis).
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10. 1975
Violent protests break out against the destruction of the Jodenbuurt – the old Jewish Quarter – in the Nieuwmarkt.
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