Dutch Resistance Museum
The Dutch Resistance Museum—Verzetsmuseum—traces how ordinary Dutch people navigated occupation, resistance, and moral choice. The story begins with Nazi Germany’s occupation of the Netherlands from 14 May 1940 until 5 May 1945, and the museum’s exhibitions are built to place everyday life against those larger events. The building you’re in carries earlier Jewish history. It was built in 1876 by the Jewish singing society Oefening Baart Kunst, which kept the name Plancius as a link to an older house on the site. That structure served for decades as a Jewish cultural center and synagogue, before its 1999 renovation made it the seat of the Verzetsmuseum. Inside, the museum’s permanent displays recreate the atmosphere of Amsterdam during the German occupation using photographs, old posters, objects, films, and sounds. …
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