De Nieuwe Kerk presents: Mokum, the biography of Jewish Amsterdam. This exhibition, in collaboration with the Jewish Cultural Quarter, highlights the multifaceted and eventful history of Jewish life in the city. From the first Jewish refugees in the 16th century to...
The February Strike of 1941 (85 years ago) will be commemorated on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at De Dokwerker in Amsterdam. The commemoration is a collaboration between the committee and the Municipality of Amsterdam. Committee chairman Jaïr Stranders will open the...
From April 27 to May 5, 2025, some two hundred homes, shops, and schools will open their doors to commemorate the Jews who once lived and worked at these locations. In living rooms, in attics, behind counters, and between sliding doors...
Of course, I am proud of my wife, my two daughters, and three granddaughters. But which women would deserve to be depicted on a stamp? I leafed through the stamp catalog and came across quite a few. But...
For my 66th birthday, my wife surprised me with a weekend in the Achterhoek. We stayed at a B&B in Winterswijk. I saw a varied landscape of meadows, marshes, babbling brooks, and forest. Along with that, a large quarry and an excellent...
The Year of the Book stamp sheet (issue date September 12, 2016) features special books from the Dutch-speaking region. Books play an important role in shaping our culture and identity. The depiction of ten books recognizable by title and author...
When visiting the former Buchenwald concentration camp, as many hundreds of Dutch people do every year, one can see the enormous bell tower towering above the surroundings from afar. In 1954, the government of the GDR decided to erect a monument...
During Postex, I saw on display by a stamp dealer an envelope on which was stamped a very familiar picture for a Dutchman: the statue of the Docker in Amsterdam. Why would you find such an image on an envelope...
During Postex 2012, I found an envelope at a stamp dealer bearing an impression of a stamp with a very famous image: the statue of the Dockworker in Amsterdam. Why an impression of this stamp on an envelope of the...
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