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The history of the Jews in Amsterdam focuses on the historical center of the Dutch Jewish community, comprising both Portuguese Jews originally from both Spain and Portugal and Ashkenazi Jews, originally from central Europe. The two separate groups have had a continuing presence since the seventeenth century.[1] Amsterdam has been called a Jerusalem of the West and the "Dutch Jerusalem".[2] The Holocaust in the Netherlands devastated the Jewish community, with the Nazis murdering over 80% of Amsterdam's 79,000 Jews,[3] but the community has managed to rebuild a vibrant and living Jewish life for its approximately 15,000 present members.[4]
- ^ NIHS General Information Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed July 17, 2007
- ^ Baron, S.W. A Social and Religious History of the Jews, vol. 15, Late Middle Ages and Era of European Expansion, 1200-1650 chap. 63 "Dutch Jerusalem". New York: Columbia University Press 1952.
- ^ "Amsterdam". encyclopedia.ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Museum and Memorial. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ "The Netherlands". European Jewish Congress. 2025-01-06. Retrieved 2025-02-16.