Joodse Raad voor Amsterdam

Judenrat

Identifier: 589
Type of Entity: Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

1941-02/1943-09-29

History

Amsterdam had its Joodse Raad, a Judenrat resembling the Polish model in many of its characteristics. The Joodse Raad voor Amsterdam was established in 1941-02.

Places

Founded and active in the Netherlands.

Sources

Belgium and the Holocaust : Jews Belgians Germans / D. Michman. - Jerusalem, 1998. - p. 35

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Amsterdam City Archives records
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn503696
- English
- 1940-1943
- folders 2 4 microfiche,
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains photocopies of various documents from the Amsterdam City Archives relating to the Jewish community in Amsterdam, Netherlands, more specifically the establishment of the Amsterdam ghetto, discrimination against Jews in the labor force, isolation of Jewish children in schools, and financial relief for unemployed Jews.
Eva Mandeau papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516693
- English
- 1941-1943
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consist of a document ("Voorloopig Bewijs") issued to Eve Neumann (later Eva Mandeau) by the Amsterdam Organisation; a Dutch identification card issued by the Joodsche Raad Voor Amsterdam to her mother Hertha Neumann-Moses; and a certificate of exception ("Ausnahmebescheinigung") issued to Hertha Neumann-Moses in the Netherlands.
Expositur
- Expo
- EHRI Corporate Bodies
- Corporate Body
- Updated 1 decade ago
Expositur was a section of the Joodse Raad voor Amsterdam (Jewish Council of Amsterdam) that acted as a liaison with the Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung Amsterdam. At the Expositur the registration of exemptions from deportation (sperre) was processed. Employees of the 'Expo' had access to the Hollandsche Schouwburg. The organisation was headed by Edwin Sluzker, who was of Austrian-Jewish descend.
Fritz Grünberg papers
1. Fritz Grünberg collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522573
- English
- 1940-1945
- box oversize folder 1 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Fritz Grünberg, originally of Rheine, Germany, including his involvement with the Jewish Council and the Contact Afdeling (Contact Division) of the Westerbork transit camp. The collection consists of biographical materials, including identification papers, correspondence, and immigration documents; photographs; and material related to Westerbork including prisoner and deportation lists, administrative papers, post-war investigation papers regarding the Contact Afdeling, and a testimonial narrative about the Contact Afdeling and Weste...
Joodsche Weekblad flyer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn49525
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
One flier, published by "Het Joodsche Weekblad," the publication of the Jewish Council of Amsterdam, 10 July 1942 as an extra edition of the newspaper. The flier announces that approximately 700 Jews had been arrested that week, and were scheduled to be deported to a concentration camp in Germany.
Joodse Centrale voor Beroepsopleiding
- JCB
- EHRI Corporate Bodies
- Corporate Body
- Updated 1 decade ago
1940-06/1943-09-29

The Joodse Centrale voor Beroepsopleiding was established in 1940-06. The Centre ran the different departments and offered courses and education as well. After 1940-05, when graduating students were no longer allowed to emigrate with a Palestine certificate (British immigration authorization), the Joodse Centrale arranged accommodations for them in Huize Voorburg near Elden. In 1941 the organization was absorbed into the Joodse Raad voor Amsterdam (Jewish Counsil), and in 1943-09-29 it was disbanded.
Joodse Raad voor Friesland
- Joodse Raad Friesland
- EHRI Corporate Bodies
- Corporate Body
- Updated 1 decade ago
The Friesland Joodse Raad representatives were the Chief Rabbi, Rabbi A. S. Levinson and Attorney M. Troostwik. Rabbi Levinson was deported, and perished in Bergen-Belsen. Attorney Troostwijk escaped and went into hiding in August 1943.
M.19 - The Friesland District Joodse Raad (Jewish Council) Collection, the Netherlands, 1940-1943
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4019701
- English, Hebrew
- 1940-1943
- Certification Correspondence List of Jews Official documentation Survey report
- Updated 1 year ago
M.19 - The Friesland District Joodse Raad (Jewish Council) Collection, the Netherlands, 1940-1943 The Collection contains correspondence between the Friesland district Joodse Raad and the Amsterdam Joodse Raad on various issues, and correspondence of the Joodse Raad with various organizations regarding help to Dutch Jews in camps and help to Jewish refugees from Germany. There are also reports received from the Amsterdam Joodse Raad regarding the Jews, documentation of decrees and restrictions on Dutch Jews, Jewish education, Jewish owned property, mixed marriages, persecution and deportati...
O.40 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Netherlands, primarily during the Holocaust period
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4019586
- English, Hebrew
- Card file Correspondence Identity card Letter List of Jews Newspaper Orders Personal documents Poems/songs Survey report
- Updated 1 year ago
O.40 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Netherlands, primarily during the Holocaust period In the Collection there are files submitted to Yad Vashem by private people including personal documents from the war period, correspondence with the German authorities in the Netherlands, correspondence with family members; correspondence after the war; anti-Jewish orders and directives, newspaper clippings including information regarding the persecution of the Dutch Jews, documentation concerning the rescue of Jews, Joodse Raad (Jewish Council) activities, the Westerbork transit camp, concent...
Territorial collection-Holland (RG-116-Holland)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn90257
- English
- 1940-1949
- 5,092 digital images, JPEG 5 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
- Updated 1 year ago
Records reflect primarily the activities of the Amsterdam Judenrat with its various departments, and the Jewish interaction with the German and Dutch authorities, the daily life and living conditions of the Jews in Holland under the Nazi occupation, some documents relate to Jewish life in Netherlands prior to, and subsequent to the Holocaust. Included are records of the Joodsche Raad (Judenrat), the Nazi-appointed Jewish councils in Amsterdam, the Hague and Rotterdam; reports about anti-Jewish laws; weekly and monthly reports about deportations, 1942-1943; communications with internees in t...