Every year there is a special gathering of schoolchildren in the Hollandsche Schouwburg. Elementary schoolchildren, who have prepared for the occasion with lessons at school and a visit to the monument, talk about what the Hollandsche Schouwburg means today, about the purpose of remembrance and how important it is to remember the persecution of the Jews during World War II in today's multi-ethnic society.

More information about the remembrance will be announced on this website soon.

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The Hollandsche Schouwburg was restored and established as a national memorial centre in 1962. A few years later, residents in the Plantage-Weesperdistrict decided to hold the annual memorial service in the theatre on Remembrance Day - 4 May in the Netherlands. The ceremony held in the Hollandsche Schouwburg on 4 May is especially planned for and organized by those from the immediate neighbourhood. School students from the nearby IVKO School at 27 Plantage Middenlaan (a former teacher training college attached to the day care centre from which many Jewish children were helped to escape) recite poems; a guest speaker recalls the Naziterror and those who were murdered. Each year at eight o'clock in the evening two minutes silence are observed nationwide. The remembrance ceremony closes with the singing of the Dutch national anthem.

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Jews throughout the world remember the victims of the Nazi terror on Yom Hashoah. Shoah is the Hebrew word for the Holocaust, the destruction of Jews worldwide during World War II. Yom Hashoah falls on 26 Nisan in the Hebrew calendar. This is the same date as that of the Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis in 1943. In the Netherlands this is also a solemn day of remembrance, organized in the Hollandsche Schouwburg by the Jewish community.

More information about the remembrance will be announced on this website soon.

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'Tell me the story of your name' is the starting point of this documentary by psychoanalyst Celine Masson. Ashkenazi Jews tell about their last name, changed by themselves or by their parents. A different name was often adopted because of shame, fear of anti-Semitism and rejection.

This documentary is screened during the exhibition My name is Cohen, on show until 11 March 2012.

Location: JHM Auditorium.
Admission: Free entrance with museum ticket.
More information: T +31 (0)20 5 310 378 or E events.

On 22 January 2012 the Winter Plantage takes place: A collaborative programme by 17 cultural institutions in the centre-east Plantage neighbourhood. Discover the Plantage, an oasis in Amsterdam's inner city!

In the Portuguese Synagogue, visitors can join a guided tour in the treasure chambers. You will be able to view the ritual objects made of gold, silver, copper, and valuable textiles.

This year Museum Night Amsterdam will take place on November the 5th. Apart from seeing the permanent collections and tempory exhibitions, there is plenty more to see and do, also for non-Dutch visitors. In this 12th edition, you can enjoy live music, DJ's, dance, performances, films, special tours, food & drinks in the city's many museums. Be there and attend museumnacht.

More info: n8.nl