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amsterdam

Cover of The Many Lives of Anne Frank
Non­fic­tion
The Many Lives of Anne Frank
Ruth Franklin
Event

Book Talk: The Many Lives of Anne Frank

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
7–9pm

Cen­ter for Jew­ish History 

Cover of When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary
Chil­dren’s
When We Flew Away: A Nov­el of Anne Frank Before the Diary
Alice Hoff­man
Cover of Inseparable: A Holocaust Survival Story
Non­fic­tion
Insep­a­ra­ble: A Holo­caust Sur­vival Story
Faris Cas­sell
Cover of Spinoza: Freedom's Messiah
Non­fic­tion
Spin­oza: Free­dom’s Messiah
Ian Buru­ma
Cover of The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Story of Anne Frank, Her Silent Protector, and a Family Betrayal
Non­fic­tion
The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Sto­ry of Anne Frank, Her Silent Pro­tec­tor, and a Fam­i­ly Betrayal
Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl
Jeroen De Bruyn
Essay

The Most Want­ed Woman in WWII Nether­lands: Han­nie Schaft

Buzzy Jack­son
May 1, 2023
Essay

A Diary Archive in Ams­ter­dam Offers a Trove of Untold Stories

Nina Sie­gal
February 20, 2023
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Fic­tion
The Boy Behind the Door: How Salomon Kool Escaped the Nazis
David Tabatsky
Essay

The High Nest: A Sto­ry of Jew­ish Resistance

Rox­ane van Iperen
August 30, 2021
Essay

‘Expos­ing the Foun­da­tions’: Emu­na Elon on WWII Ams­ter­dam in Her New Nov­el, House on End­less Waters

Emu­na Elon
April 6, 2020
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Fic­tion
House on End­less Waters
Emuna Elon; Anthony Berris and Linda Yechiel, trans.
Cover of Menasseh ben Israel: Rabbi of Amsterdam
Non­fic­tion
Menasseh ben Israel: Rab­bi of Amsterdam
Steven Nadler
Essay

On Being Jew­ish in Amsterdam

Nina Sie­gal grew up in New York City and Great Neck, Long Island, but these days she lives in Ams­ter­dam, the Nether­lands, where she works as an author and a fre­quent…
Nina Sie­gal
June 23, 2014

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