The National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam
The National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam focuses on the history of the persecution of Jews in the Netherlands. It opened in March 2024, to misplaced protests by anti-Israel-Pro-Palestine protestors (I later learned they were there to protest against the Israeli president , who came to the opening). I visited the week after it opened, with a bit of nervousness. First thing you notice is having your ticket checked before you can get in the lobby. Second thing is the airlock-style atrium . You have to enter the outer-door, which has to completely shut before the inner door can be opened by a second security guard. It's a MUSEUM, not a military installation. And yet, apparently there was fear it would be the target of attacks. This is the world we live in. [The Museum makes up both the brown & white building, and the white cement building on the right. Photo from PowerTraveler ] The building itself is historic (like so much of Amsterdam). It was the The Reformed Teacher Trainin...