Amsterdam: Dutch WWII Resistance Museum

The Dutch Resistance Museum is about the response of the civil Dutch population to the occupation by the Nazi regime during World War II. Learn and hear more about this dark period in Dutch history.
The museum takes visitors back to the forties, the period of the German occupation during World War II. Streets and walls full of photos that make up the décor of the Dutch Resistance Museum help evoke the climate of the war years. A separate section tells the story of the former colony the Dutch East Indies, where the population suffered badly under the Japanese regime of terror.

The exhibition covers all forms of resistance: strikes, forging of documents, helping people to go into hiding, underground newspapers, escape routes, armed resistance, espionage. You’ll see, hear and read fascinating stories about the exceptional as well as the everyday in a time of occupation in which most people were far too preoccupied with day-to-day worries to even think about daring to involve themselves in any kind of resistance, and in which still others opted for collaboration.

Moving personal documents tell the story of people who were confronted with dilemmas by the German occupation, and were forced to make choices. At various points, the visitors are themselves involved very directly in such dilemmas.

A visitor striding through the exhibition will get an overall picture of a rather indolent Dutch society in the thirties, experience the shock of the unexpected German invasion, then discover that both the oppression and resistance to it gradually intensify during the occupation years as the war progresses, to finally realize that experiences of this period are still playing a role in today’s society.
A visitor looking a little more closely will be able to gather more detailed information, particularly from individual examples.

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.

Cancellation is not possible. If you cancel it anyway or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity and the money you paid will not be refunded.