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WW2 and Resistance in Jewish Amsterdam: The Plantage

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Not long after Germany invaded the Netherlands in May of 1940, the Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam was closed off from the outside world. Until Canadian forces liberated the city five years later. 

Only very few of the inhabitants who were living there at the beginning of the War ever returned from the camps. However, the Plantage neighbourhood, instead, is known primarily for its stories of resistance.

What was it like on the day the Canadians finally arrived and the city was liberated? 

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    Whole day

  • Languages
    English

Created by
Claudio

Highlights

  • Explore the sites that tell of occupation, but also of survival and resistance.

  • From the Holocaust Memorial to the elegant Dutch Theatre that became a deportation centre, to the site of a home for the elderly that became a clinic where forced sterilizations took place during the occupation.

Storyline

Take your time to look around you. It is early May 1945. Canadian troops are nearing the city of Amsterdam that is currently awakening from a long famine winter. 

Before entering, Canadian forces must be provided with intelligence as to the conditions within the city. 

As a resistance operative, you have been selected to infiltrate the sealed-off, German-controlled Amsterdam Jewish District - the Ghetto - and report back with any information that might be useful for Allies.

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Places you will visit

12

It will take you

155-185 mins

You will walk

2100 steps

Total distance

1.6 km

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Catherine Luyt

25 Feb 2024

guido scotti

28 Jul 2023

Claudio

11 Jul 2023

blueGremlin

13 Oct 2024
We enjoyed our experience! Recommended for children 10+ we would say, and the last clue is quite difficult to complete if you don't know when the app was made. Overall a good way to get to know Amsterdam in a different and interactive way.

stewart watson

28 Sep 2024
for the most part it was interesting and thought prevoking. thefinal question was horribly frustrating because the number of years since the horses was built will always change- please change the question!

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