I did not know that there was a concentration camp in the Netherlands. “Kamp Vught” was actually the only SS concentration camp outside Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Did you know this fact? Vught is a village a few kilometers south of ‘s-Hertogenbosch (colloquially known as Den Bosch),…
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Amsterdam
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Anne Frank House Museum
[Anne Frank was born Annelies Marie Frank on on 12 June 1929] Growing up on the other side of the world, I have only heard general stories about Anne Frank. In a nutshell, the context was about a young German – Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family…
Amsterdam
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Anne Frank Home Merwedeplein
During the last Open Day in May, I received an invite! A peek inside this historic Anne Frank family home. I must. According to the Anne Frank House organization, the former home is inhabited and therefore, not open to the public. They acquired the house in 2017 and the Dutch…
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Anne Frank Statue Merwedeplein
[Anne Frank was born Annelies Marie Frank on on 12 June 1929] After visiting the Anne Frank Museum not too long ago, I had to venture Merwedeplein in Amsterdam to see more of Anne Frank. It is in the Rivierenbuurt neighbourhood, in the eastern part of Amsterdam-Zuid borough, where she…
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Anne Frank Statue Westermarkt
This week, it is all about Anne Frank!! That German-Jewish girl who went into hiding during the Holocaust, journaling her experiences in the renowned book known as The Diary of Anne Frank. Unfortunately, she died of typhus while at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in the early spring of 1945. She…
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Haarlem Jewish Monument
The Jewish Monument Haarlem located at Philip Frankplein, where the old synagogue once stood nearby before the war. In Dutch: Joods Monument Haarlem. It has the names of 715 Jewish Haarlemmers who were deported from their homes during the Second World War and were killed in the extermination camps. The…
Amsterdam
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Joods Verzetmonument
I like strolling down from Rokin to Amstel, towards Waterlooplein, in Amsterdam. There are just so many distractions to see; interesting shops, monumental buildings, charming bridges, cruise boats cruising on the canals, museums to visit, quick browse through the oldest flea market on Waterloo Square, people watching at cafés, etc….
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Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names
As I entered this garden, I found myself in a labyrinth of passages flanked by two-meter-high brick walls. The dramatic angular stainless steel mirrors seemed to be hovering above the columns. Upon closer look, names, date of birth and age of death were inscribed on individually stacked bricks. This is…