The Holocaust
The hunt for Jews! It sounds truly horrible, and that’s exactly what it was, horrible. Germany started stigmatizing and mistreating Jews ...
Theo Van Gogh
Theo’s father worked at intelligence gathering at the Dutch Ministry of the Interior (BVD) when Theo was born on the 23 ...
1938 Ships Build in The North of Amsterdam
Once the North Sea canal was established, the other side of Amsterdam (The North) became the city’s new shipbuilding centre. All ...
Gas and Water Socialism
Contemporaries This, the 32nd picture window on the Canon of Amsterdam, should really be dedicated to only two men, Floor Wibaut ...
The Northsea Canal 1876
During the nineteenth century, Amsterdam was under the impression that the city was dying; why did it think this? Because other ...
The Athenaeum Illustre And The Universities of Amsterdam
Athenaeum Illustre Amsterdam This page is dedicated to the universities of Amsterdam and their background. We would also like to mention ...
The Miracle of Amsterdam
It was the 15th of March 1345 when a man fell sick at a house on the Kalverstraat. A priest was ...
The Jordaan insurrection of 1934
In 1987 a statue was placed at the entrance of the Noorderkerk (northern church) called ‘Unity is the strongest chain’ by ...
Felix Meritis (Satisfaction Through Service)
Felix Meritis then Felix Meritis is de name of a building that housed a society that had as its purpose the ...
Bank Hope & Co
If there’s trading, there is money, and if there’s money, there’s a bank. When trading money became just as important as ...