Virus of the Mind

Posted by Niamh Hunt

In Virus of the Mind young people explore how perceptions are formed. Before and during World War II, the Nazis made extensive use of propaganda, misinformation, and myth-making. The separation of education for Jewish children was an important part of this.

What fears lie within us that make us susceptible to ‘us-them’ thinking, that make us look for a scapegoat for problems and see others less and less as ‘human beings’?

The young people look for parallels in history to warn us in today’s complex world, where it is increasingly difficult to determine what is true and what is not.

Like Underwater

Posted by Niamh Hunt

What thought or question starts the feeling that something is wrong? At what moment do you turn this thought into action? In this performance, we will explore what resistance is, how small it can stay, or how big it can grow, and what happens when you only watch? 

They will talk to to survivors about Amsterdam women who were part of the resistance during the Second World War. What kind of community and combined forces were used to keep a child safe at this time? This performance looks at the position of women during that time; what their limitations were, and also how women were able to take advantage of the fact that they were often underestimated because of their gender.

Through this performance the National Holocaust Museum will explore these topics and ask; What courage or fear may lie within ourselves to feel when something is not right and to say or do something when necessary?

Photo by Hilde Harshagen.
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Against forgetting

Posted by Maite

Against forgetting is a theatrical route performed by four youngsters from Amsterdam, leading you along forgotten stories. During a walk of thirty minutes, they will take you from Wertheim Plantsoen to the National Holocaust Name Monument. On the way they will tell the stories behind some names through music. We will observe David Sealtiel painting in his souterrain on Waterlooplein, how the twins Duizend say goodbye to their classmate on the tram, how the girl with the headscarf looks out the window of the train and how Betje holds up in the kitchen of the concentration camp. The scenarios were written by the youngsters, trying to answer the question: why do we keep forgetting?