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Old Sep 2nd, 2017 | 07:03 AM
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Jewish walking tour Amsterdam

2 years ago we had a great walking tour of Jewish sites---cannot find her name but would recognize. Any suggestions???
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Old Sep 2nd, 2017 | 07:54 AM
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Perhaps Emilie Nolst Trenité with http://www.historywalks.eu

We took a wonderful walking tour with Peter a few years ago.
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Old Sep 2nd, 2017 | 10:34 AM
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You can do a great walking tour with guides of the Jewish Historical Museum. They also take in the Portugese Synagogue and the Etz Hayim library. I used to lead these myself, many years ago.
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Old Sep 2nd, 2017 | 01:28 PM
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Naomi Koopmans, Jewish Amsterdam Tour. I took this walking tour last September and she is excellent! Google it and you will see. So interesting and she is very knowledgeable. You will learn a lot.
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Old Sep 2nd, 2017 | 02:12 PM
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I just looked at Jewish Historical Museum website, menachem, and I don't see any mention of walking tours. Is there someplace else to find out about them? Thanks.
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Old Sep 2nd, 2017 | 07:49 PM
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Thanks...was looking for Naomi Koopmans---she was great
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Old Sep 2nd, 2017 | 09:48 PM
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http://jck.nl/nl/page/wandeling-door-joods-amsterdam
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Old Sep 3rd, 2017 | 03:32 AM
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Thank you so much, menachem!
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Old Sep 3rd, 2017 | 05:41 AM
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We also did the walk with Peter at the link above and really enjoyed it.
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Old Sep 3rd, 2017 | 06:15 AM
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Liz, which link??
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Old Sep 3rd, 2017 | 06:27 AM
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History walks.eu
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Old Sep 3rd, 2017 | 07:57 AM
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duh, thanks. Missed the "Peter" reference. Too early, not enough coffee!
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Old Sep 3rd, 2017 | 08:17 AM
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Sobering tour

We took this tour with Ben in September. It was a small group, only 6 of us. Ben is a passionate guide with lots of knowledge about this time in history. Be prepared for lots of walking,but there is a nice break at an outdoor cafe midway thru. Ben gave us a history lesson by showing us the pre-Holocost residents of the street where we were sitting, and the sad fate that most of them faced. I was most intrigued by the information of the Dam Square massacre. After the war was officially over, there was a period of No One In Charge Here in Amsterdam. German soldiers got drunk and fired on civilians out celebrating in the square. Do not miss this tour if you are at all interested in our history (and what we can do to make sure it never happens again)

This was my TripAdvisor review of our walk with http://www.historywalks.eu/
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Old Sep 3rd, 2017 | 09:04 AM
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I've always used the work of late 19th century and early 20th century jewish writers as my focus to show the area around Nieuwmarkt and for the post war period photographers like Ed van der Elsken and Eddy Posthuma de Boer. Also because I am a member of Beit ha Chidush I could also access the Uilenburger synagogue. And I used to include the building of the Diamond Workers' Union (ANDB) in the Plantage Quarter and the Joodse Invalide at Weesperplein.
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