It's not a reference I hear a lot. It threw me at first. It was somewhere in my research when I was writing about activities and things to do in Amsterdam. I said, "What's this Mokum they keep talking about?" Sounds like a coffee drink, doesn't it?
The picture above is the Jewish Historical Museum, which is housed in two former synagogues. Nice little artsy six-pointed star there in the middle. Apparently, most of the Jewish Quarter was torn down to make way for the subway and other modern amenities that the city thought were more important than a Jewish Quarter. Outside the Opera House (Het Musiektheater) there is an outline of the place where there used to be an orphanage for Jewish children.
And right near that, is this monument that memorializes the Jews lost in the war. It's on a nice, busy little waterway corner near the opera house. A good place to sit and watch tourists pass by in boats - by the boatload. What would we do without our tourist?
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