The Resistance Museum ( nl, Verzetsmuseum) is a museum located in the
Plantage
Plantage is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands located in its Centrum borough. It is bordered by the Entrepotdok to the north, Plantage Muidergracht to the east and south and Nieuwe Herengracht to the west. In the centre of the neighbourhoo ...
neighbourhood in
Amsterdam,
the Netherlands.
The Dutch Resistance Museum, chosen as the best historical museum of the Netherlands, tells the story of the Dutch people in
World War II. From 14 May 1940 to 5 May 1945, the Netherlands were occupied by
Nazi Germany.
Permanent exhibits of the museum recreate the atmosphere of the streets of Amsterdam during the German occupation of World War II. Big photographs, old posters, objects, films and sounds from that horrible time, help to recreate the scene. The background of the Holocaust is also visualized to the visitor. This is an exhibition about everyday life during that time, but also about exceptional historical events and the resistance of the population against the Nazis and heroism.
The museum building
The building bearing the
Star of David
The Star of David (). is a generally recognized symbol of both Jewish identity and Judaism. Its shape is that of a hexagram: the compound of two equilateral triangles.
A derivation of the ''seal of Solomon'', which was used for decorative ...
and the name of
Petrus Plancius (1550-1622), the Renaissance Amsterdam clergyman and geographer, was built in 1876 by the Jewish singing society ''Oefening Baart Kunst'' (''practice makes perfect''). It served for several decades as a Jewish cultural center and synagogue. The ''Oefening Baart Kunst'' society kept the Plancius name on its building to underline its respect to the Amsterdam city traditions. Plancius was the name of the old house located there prior to construction of the building. For a long time, the Plancius building served many different functions. Since 1999, after its renovation, it is the seat of the Verzetsmuseum.
Exhibition
The Verzetsmuseum is relatively small when compared to other museums in the Netherlands. The focus of Verzetsmuseum is about the German Occupation as well as the Nazi rule in Holland during the second world war between 1940 and 1945. The building is across the entry to Artis Zoo, and not far away from both the Waterlooplein and the Rembrandt house. The museum aptly shows the persecution of Jews by the Nazis and world war two in general.
See also
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NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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Overloon War Museum
References
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World War II museums in the Netherlands
National museums of the Netherlands
Museums in Amsterdam
Synagogues completed in 1876
Cultural infrastructure completed in 1876
Museums established in 1999
1999 establishments in the Netherlands
Synagogues preserved as museums