A survey of the subjects and formats:
Literature:
• standard works on Jewish history, culture and
religion
• publications on Jews in the Netherlands
• publications on ceremonial art
• publications on the life and work of Jewish artists (catalogues
and monographs)
• catalogues of international Jewish museums
• catalogues of exhibitions in Holland and abroad on Jewish
themes
• belles lettres by Dutch Jewish writers
• reference works
Photos
• museum collection: photos and slides of objects, paintings,
prints and drawings from the museum collection
• documentary photos: photos and slides of people, institutions,
buildings, activities and events relevant to the museum's area of
interest
• historical photos: family photos and photo albums
Audio
• liturgical music, traditional folk music, Yiddish music,
classical music with a Jewish theme
• interviews, oral history
Video
• Documentaries and films about Jewish religion, culture and
history, mainly taped from television broadcasts (to
Catalogue)
• Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Collection: interviews
with over 1,000 Dutch survivors can be viewed at the Jewish
Historical Museum. Read more
Documents
The document collection contains personal documents and archives
of Dutch companies and institutions (incomplete or small). Many of
the documents relate to the persecution of Jews in the Second World
War.
Microfiches
This collection contains fiches of various Dutch Jewish weeklies
(from 1865 to 1940):
• Nieuw Israeliëtisch Weekblad and Centraal Blad voor Israëlieten
(weeklies)
• Ha'Ischa (Jewish women's magazine)
Items from the Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad can be accessed via
the Jewish Press database. Each report or article is listed with a
title, summary and date of publication. The first period of the
project, 1865-1890, is now available.
Current magazines
• Dutch Jewish magazines (Jewish communities,
institutions and associations)
• leading international Jewish magazines
Relevant articles from current magazines are also available
separately.
Press cuttings archive
Items are collected from national and regional newspapers
and weeklies relating to the Dutch Jewish world.