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Learn about the response of the civil Dutch population to the occupation by the Nazi regime during World War II at the The Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam.

Highlights

• Learn more about the Dutch resistance during the darkest period in Dutch history
• Witness the stories of everyday heroes who arose during the Nazi occupation
• Be transported back to the forties in the Netherlands with stories and objects

Description

Visit Amsterdam's WWII Resistance Museum and learn about one of the darkest periods in Dutch history. The exhibition covers all forms of resistance: strikes, forging of documents, helping people to go into hiding, underground newspapers, escape routes, armed resistance, espionage. Get transported back to the forties, the period of the German occupation during World War II. Wander the streets among walls full of photos, which help evoke the climate of the war years. Learn about the former colonies in the Dutch East Indies in a dedicated section of the museum. Find out about these people's harrowing experiences under the Japanese regime of terror. See, hear, and read fascinating stories about the exceptional as well as the everyday in a time of military occupation. Get insights into people's day-to-day worries, resistance groups, and collaborators. Moving personal documents tell the story of people who were confronted with dilemmas by the German occupation, and were forced to make choices.

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Entry ticket Audioguide

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