History Trips to Amsterdam

The museum takes a chronological trip through Amsterdam’s 800 year past showing how it has grown and shrunk and using archaeological finds, works of art and plenty of quirkier displays to describe its history. The museum is an engaging and illuminating visit which does justice to Amsterdam’s rich history.

Anne Frank was one of the Jewish victims of Nazi persecution during the Second World War. She died of typhus aged 15 years old in Bergen-Belsen. Her diary saved by one of the family’s helpers was first published in 1947. It has since been translated into 55 languages and is one of the most widely read books in the world.

The only official SS-concentration camp in the occupied part of Northwestern Europe, the museum highlights the events that took place there during WWII and tours include the Children's Memorial, the crematorium and a reconstructed prisoners' barracks. Pupils can also benefit from the invaluable opportunity to meet a concentration camp survivor or a member of the survivor's family at Camp Vught..

The museum details the history of the Dutch resistance in World War II during the country’s occupation by Germany from May 1940 to May 1945. Resistance in the Netherlands took many forms, from small acts like displaying postage stamps with the Queen’s face, to life-threatening activities, such as spying for the Allies, helping people go underground or distributing illegal newspapers to keep the population informed. The museum documents a variety of these activities in a thoughtful and moving way.

Full of religious items, photographs and paintings detailing the history of Judaism in the Netherlands. The museums permanent exhibition features the following themes: the role of religion and tradition, the links with Israel, the persecution of Jews during the Second World War, personal life stories and the mutual influence of Jewish and Dutch culture.

The museum houses a permanent exhibition on the history of camp Westerbork, with many original photographs, documents, drawings, paintings, images, maps, and objects from Westerbork. In 1942 the camp itself was designated a 'transit camp': a temporary abode for Dutch Jews and others whom the Nazis wanted to destroy.