• History Trips | Dokwerker
  • History Trips | Anne Frank by Peter H. d'Hondt
  • History Trips | Oudemanhuispoort
  • History Trips | Resistance Museum, Plancius building
  • History Trips | Winter of Hunger 1944
  • History Trips | Amsterdam shooting May 7 1945

Amsterdam in WW II
and Holocaust Walk

Text History Walks

Experience the sights, sounds and memories of 1940-1945's Amsterdam.

Let us be your guide and bring this episode in our capitals long history alive.

Ideal for visitors looking for a tour with a difference to learn more of the cities past, this fully escorted tour seeks out the remaining tangible evidence of the German occupation combined with contemporary recordings and anecdotes passed down by those who were there.

Each walk can end in a visit to either the Resistance Museum or the Hollandsche Schouwburg (tickets for these museums are not included).
From there, it takes about 20 minutes by tram to the Boathouse nearby the Anne Frank House, the starting point of the WW II walk.

Hollandse Schouwburg
Hollandse Schouwburg
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For those with a passion for history this is a tour not to be missed.

German shootings on Dam square, May 7 1945
German shootings on Dam square, May 7 1945
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During this tour we will visit locations in the city that played an important part in the occupation during the World War Two and the persecution of the Jews.

Razzia
Razzia
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Locations connected to the following topics will be visited, among others:

Hollandse Schouwburg
De Waag
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Our guides are specialized in The Second World War and the Holocaust. They will put the locations and what happened there in a historical context.