Amsterdam, The Netherlands The somewhat misnamed Anne Frank House is actually a former office-warehouse building where the famous young Jewish girl lived in hiding with her family for two years. She chronicled her experience in one of history’s most famous diaries. Though there were many places throughout Nazi-occupied Europe where compassionate and courageous people … [Read more...]
HOME & GRAVESITE OF BARUCH SPINOZA
Several Locations, The Netherlands Baruch Spinoza is regarded by many to have been the first great Jewish intellectual of the Modern Age. His philosophical ideas and writings were among the most important of his day, and he is credited by both Jews and non-Jews as having been a key figure of the beginning of the Enlightenment. Ironically, his teachings also challenged … [Read more...]
