Private Anne Frank og anden verdenskrig Tour of Amsterdam Jewish Area

This was a great tour! Kees was knowledgeable and his anecdotes were interesting - personal family history and perspective. It is a lot of walking! The holocaust memorial was quite moving and beautiful- we ended at the Anne Frank house which was sad but put a personal view on the Experience of Dutch Jews during WW2. Kees was able to share lots of info without burying us in dates! This tour is highly recommended though it was expensive.

Kees was an excellent tour guide. Enjoyed the way he explained things and also liked how it related to him personally.

Kees was excellent. A lot of walking but very interesting.

Excellent tour. Kees was a fabulous guide. Very interesting, full of history AND shared personal family history & heritage.

Kees was amazing!! The best tour guide!! I highly recommend.

This tour is very over-priced. We did not realize until we took tours booked with other companies which were more detailed, enjoyable and so much less expensive. The company that Viator outsources this tour to does not follow the Viator itinerary, so if these are the stops you want to see, I suggest bringing a copy with you. But even at half the price, it is not worth the money.

Really great tour. Very informative. A great look at Jewish History in Amsterdam. Also great look at the holocaust and story of Anne Frank. Our guide Jees was fantastic.

Wonderful and insightful tour. Great look into Jewish History in Amsterdam as well as the holocaust and the story of Anne Frank in Amsterdam. Our guide Kees was fantastic. Highly recommend this tour.

We had a wonderful experience. Our tour guide Kees had a wealth of knowledge. He was very kind and picked us up at the port. We enjoyed the tour. I would highly recommend.

So, there’s a couple of different ways one might go about exploring Amsterdam with “Anne Frank” in mind. My personal opinion, the worst way to do this is to be late in ordering a ticket to the Anne Frank House and just decide to go snap a picture of the building facade for your social media “proof of attendance”. Even if you have a ticket and you rush through the museum just to get a look at the diary itself before picking up an “Anne Frank Activity Book” in the gift shop, I imagine the experience is somewhat disingenuous. My suggestion is to either read the diary (perhaps again) before showing up and/or booking this tour. The tour allowed for a much greater context of the plight of the Jewish people, the Dutch in occupied Germany, and the Frank family, which truly seem necessary for one to fully appreciate the dire nature everyone found themselves in during the early 1940s. The tour goes through early anti-Semitic sentiment and class division within Amsterdam. You’ll explore key areas of the city including monuments to the February Strike, parks including memorials to the Auschwitz prisoners, and a stunning walk through the National Holocaust Name Monument. Our favorite part of the tour was not the elaborate history of the Jewish deportation’s office made out of the Dutch Theater or even the further explanation of the Frank family and their arrival and life in the Netherlands. Our favorite part of the tour was being able to hear stories of the Helpers, not just for the Franks, but for the resistance as a whole. If you are unable to go inside the Anne Frank House, I’d recommend this tour (as tickets weren’t included at the time we booked this tour). But I ESPECIALLY recommend you do this tour before going in to the Anne Frank House if you have tickets. The context will be appreciated.