“Those people were too attached to their homes”
Amsterdam’s post-war Jewish district as a liminal space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23310934 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sietske Van Der Veen (0009-0003-5221-1328, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-21 |
| Publication date | 2026-07-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Modern Jewish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1472-5886 • E-ISSN: 1472-5894 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14725886.2026.2693002 |
| OpenAlex | W7169882113 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This article argues that for the first approximately fifteen years after World War II, the so-called Jewish district of Amsterdam in the eastern part of the city centre should be interpreted both as a site of trauma and a site of transition. Approaching the neighbourhood as a liminal space demonstrates how next to the rupture of the Holocaust and relentless urban renewal planned and implemented by the municipality, Jews lived and gave meaning to this urban landscape between 1945 and the 1960s.
Ethnography · Judaism · Liminality · Public space · Space (punctuation) · European history and politics · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society
| Highly cited | No |
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