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By FreeDam Tours

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Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$8 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Trace the history of World War II and the moving storey of Anne Frank on an expert-led walking tour through Amsterdam. Explore the historic Jewish Cultural Quarter as your guide reveals the reality of the Nazi occupation, the brave Dutch Resistance, and the daily struggles of the city's Jewish community during WWII.

    Highlights

    Anne Frank & Her Diary: Learn about her family's move to Amsterdam, her famous writings, and their time spent in hiding.

    Jewish Cultural Quarter: Walk past the Portuguese Synagogue and the Hollandsche Schouwburg memorial.

    Key Landmarks: See the iconic Westerkerk and the exterior of the Anne Frank House.

    Local History: Hear stories of courage, betrayal, and resilience across wartime Amsterdam.

    Includes: Professional local guide & small-group experience. Duration: 2,5 Hours

    Please note: this tour does not include entry to the Anne Frank House

Activity location

  • Hollandsche Schouwburg
    • Plantage Middenlaan 24,
    • 1018 DE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Holocaust Memorial & Dutch Theater (Jewish Cultural Quarter)
    • 24 Plantage Middenlaan
    • 1018 DE, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

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In the Footsteps of Anne Frank: Amsterdam during WWII

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00 AM
Price details
AU$7.95 x 1 AdultAU$7.95
Total
Price is AU$7.95

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    A walking tour from the Jewish quarter to Ann Frank's House.
  • Exclusions
    The tour does NOT include an entrance ticket to the Anne Franks house.

Know before you book

    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
    • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Hollandsche Schouwburg

  • 10m
Theatre used ‘Jew collection point’ before deportations

National Holocaust Museum (Pass by)

Former Jewish nursery where separated children were held before deportations.

Wertheimpark

  • 15m
Oldest Park of Amsterdam, site of the Auschwitz memorial.

Portuguese Synagogue

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket not included
Sephardic synagogue and site of the first razzia's. Dokworker statue remembering the worker strikes protesting the deportations

National Holocaust Names Monument

  • 10m
Dutch National Memorial for the Holocaust (genocide against Jews) and the Porajmos (the genocide against Roma and Sinti) in Amsterdam

De Schaduwkade

  • 15m
Nicknamed 'the Jewish Canal', Site of the Jewish council

Waterlooplein Market

  • 10m
The demolished heart of the Jewish Quarter, now the site of the Town Hall, Opera House, and a (Jewish) flea market

Rembrandtplein

  • 5m
Nightlife area where many street fights between different factions took place during the occupation

Koninklijk Theater Tuschinski - Pathé

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Former Jewish Cinema (voted most beautiful cinema in the world!) where we discuss the use of new media by the Nazi's for propaganda

Binnengasthuisstraat

  • 15m
A quiet place by the University library where we delve deeper into Anne Frank's daily life

Allard Pierson

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Former Dutch Centraal Bank, that secretly financed the resistance.

Statue of Anne Frank

  • 5m
Around the corner from Ann Franks House, where we conclude the tour.

Anne Frank House

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket not included
We don't enter the house but we have pictures and models showing how the house and secret annex were used to hide Ann Frank and her family

Dam Square

  • 10m
Site of the WWII National Monument. Here we also discuss the killing of civilians that took place here during the liberation festivities

Location

Activity location

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    Hollandsche Schouwburg
    • Plantage Middenlaan 24,
    • 1018 DE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Holocaust Memorial & Dutch Theater (Jewish Cultural Quarter)
    • 24 Plantage Middenlaan
    • 1018 DE, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

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