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King Willem-Alexander (Center, walking) at the celebration the 350th anniversary of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, September 7, 2025 (Esnoga/Noesha)
September 13, 2025, 12:56 pm
In face of rising antisemitism, Amsterdam’s Portugese synagogue celebrates 350 years
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands attends anniversary event for what was once the largest synagogue in the world
By Zev Stub
Holland's King Willem-Alexander, right, officially unveiling a new monument in the heart of Amsterdam's historic Jewish Quarter honoring the 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust, September 19, 2021, (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
September 19, 2021, 8:13 pm
Dutch king, PM unveil Amsterdam memorial naming nation’s 102,000 Holocaust dead
Monument in capital’s historic Jewish Quarter, designed by Daniel Libeskind, is made up of name plaques for each of country’s Jewish, Roma and Sinti victims killed by Nazis in WWII
By Mike Corder
Dutch King Willem-Alexander looks at Anne Frank's diary displayed in the new Diary Room at the renovated Anne Frank House Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018.(Patrick van Katwijk, pool photo via AP)
November 22, 2018, 6:00 pm
Dutch king visits redesigned Anne Frank House
Museum receives major makeover and expansion, but leaves untouched the secret annex where the teen Jewish diarist hid during the Holocaust
By Mike Corder
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite (2nd-R), King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander (C), Rob Zwartendijk (5th-R) and his wife Edith (4th-R) and the Mayor of Kaunas Visvaldas Matijosaitis (R) attend a ceremony to unveil an installation to honor Dutch diplomat Jan Zwartendijk, credited with saving over 2,000 Jews from the Holocaust during WWII, on June 15, 2018, in Kaunas, Lithuania. (AFP Photo/Petras Malukas)
October 18, 2018, 6:22 pm
Dutch government apologizes over diplomat punished for saving Jews in WWII
King of Netherlands, minister speak to family of Jan Zwartendijk, who was reprimanded after issuing unauthorized visas to more than 2,000 Jews
By ToI Staff and JTA
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite (2nd-R), King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander (3rd-R), Rob Zwartendijk (L) and his wife Edith (2ndL) and the Mayor of Kaunas Visvaldas Matijosaitis (R) unveil an installation to honor Dutch diplomat Jan Zwartendijk, credited with saving over 2,000 Jews from the Holocaust during WWII, on June 15, 2018, in Kaunas, Lithuania. (AFP Photo/Petras Malukas)
June 15, 2018, 10:05 pm
Dutch king, Lithuanian president honor unsung Holocaust hero
Monument unveiled to commemorate Jan Zwartendijk, a Dutch diplomat credited with saving 2,000 Jews during WWII
By AFP
Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima appear on the balcony of the Royal Palace with their children, from left: Catharina-Amalia, Ariane, and Alexia in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on Tuesday April 30, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
April 30, 2013, 3:43 pm
The Netherlands crowns new king
Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand becomes the first Dutch king in more than 100 years, and Europe’s youngest monarch
By Mike Corder and Toby Sterling
Built in the 17th century by refugees from the Inquisition, Amsterdam's Portuguese Synagogue withstood the Nazi occupation to remain a center of Jewish life. (Matt Lebovic)
January 28, 2013, 2:51 pm
New cultural quarter resurrects Amsterdam’s Jewish past
Dutch capital earns international notice for efforts to rebuild a presence almost entirely wiped out during the Holocaust
By Matt Lebovic
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