The special topics give background information about Jewish life in the Netherlands before and during World War II.
This section features information about Jewish life in the Netherlands before 1933, the persecution of the Jews, and other topics, such as Jewish diamond workers, Jewish physicians, Jewish market vendors, Jewish social services, zionism an hakhsharah and the garment factory Hollandia-Kattenburg. These topics shed light on the biographies, photos, and documents included in the Monument.
One special page of the Monument presents the De Jongh family at the Spanjaardslaan 133 in Leeuwarden. During the war, unique recordings of this house were made. A man who lived across the street at the time filmed the De Jongh family leaving the house, on their way to Westerbork. A second short film shows the house being stripped bare a few days later. Both films can be viewed here. In addition, you can take a virtual walk through a three-dimensional digital reconstruction of the house.