Vroeger

In 1940, the Germans invaded the Netherlands and occupied the country. In the Jews neighbourhood from Amsterdam, many Jews were picked up or were molested. In 1941, Jewish boxing clubs started to form riot teams, which fought back. These teams had good contacts with clubs from the Jordaan and Kattenburg, which regular fought along.
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The revival of the Jordaan

When in the sixties the years of prosperity came, the civil servants thought it was time for large-scale replanning of the City. All the small impractical houses had to replaced by large blocks of new houses. Therefore the city council was also focussing on the Jordaan, a district which they had let ‘decay’ on purpose for many years, so that they could turn it down in one strike and replace it with new houses.

Jordaan facts

Did you know that:

The Jordaan was founded in 1612 for the workforce
Nowdays the Jordaan is one of the most wanted locations in Holland
Rembrandt lived the last years of his life in the Jordaan
The streets and canals where build according to the old ditches and paths

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