About this tour
Amsterdam's WWII resistance told through its real streets and real people. The February Strike of 1941. The rescue of 600 Jewish children at the Crèche on Plantage Middenlaan. This is a self-guided walk in the StepQuests app: GPS between stops, stories you read on your phone (not audio). Start when you want. No guide to meet.
Itinerary
14 guided stops on this route
Jonas Daniël Meijerplein — The Dockworker
Former heart of Amsterdam's Jewish quarter, named after lawyer Jonas Daniël Meijer (1780–1834). 22–23 February 1941: first big razzia — 427 Jewish men arrested…
Hollandsche Schouwburg — The Deportation Theatre
Opened 1892 as a theatre, became deportation centre July 1942 – November 1943. ~46,000 Jews 'processed' here before transport to Westerbork / extermination cam…
The Crèche at Plantage Middenlaan 31-33
Crèche (nursery) opposite the Hollandsche Schouwburg, Plantage Middenlaan 31-33. 600–1,000 Jewish children smuggled out between 1942 and 1943. Escape route via…
Quiz: The Resistance Museum
Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam, Plantage Kerklaan 61A. Admission required (Museumkaart accepted). Permanent exhibition explores the 'three choices': adapt, collaborat…
Plantage Kerklaan 36-38 — The Attack on the Registry
Attack: evening of 27 March 1943. ~15% of the civil registry destroyed — enough to protect thousands with forged IDs. Disguises: police uniforms sewn by Sjoerd…
Wertheimpark — Auschwitz Monument 'Nooit Meer'
Monument by Jan Wolkers, unveiled 25 September 1977 in the presence of Queen Juliana. Six cracked mirrors embedded in the ground with an urn beneath containing…
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