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What if it is not the buildings themselves but events embedded in our collective memory that determine the identity? In the National Holocaust Museum, the buildings, the new museum programme, and the commemoration of historical events on this site come together in the design. This book explains the architecture and design of the Amsterdam architecture Office Winhov in drawings en text.
The National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam is the first and only museum on the persecution of Jews in the Netherlands. It tells a story of exclusion, persecution and murder – but also of salvation, survival and solidarity.
The museum is located in the former Dutch Reformed Church teacher training school on the Plantage Middenlaan, in Amsterdam. This building is of major historic importance because during the war, hundreds of Jewish children were smuggled to safety from the daycare center next door to this building, then to various safehouses. The National Holocaust Museum tells the story of the persecutions of Jews in the Netherlands trough permanent and temporary exhibitions, events and educational programs.
