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127 Glossary of Dutch Terms Bliksem en donder: lightning and thunder danke: thank you God in de Hemel: God in Heaven Haarlemmerstraat: a shopping street in Amsterdam Herengracht: one of Amsterdam’s main canals, built in the seventeenth century Hollandsche Schouwburg: Dutch Theatre; a theatre that the Nazis transformed into a deportation centre for Jews during World War II Hoofdweg: Main Street Ja: yes Joden: Jews Jodenbreestraat: Jewish Broad Street; a street in the centre of Amsterdam Jordaan: a district in Amsterdam kommen: coming moffen: a derogatory term for Germans moffenmeiden: Dutch women who had relationships with German occupiers NSB’er: members of the Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging party, or National Socialist Movement, which aligned itself with the Nazi Party during occupation 128 onderduik: hiding period; a term used to describe Jews going into hiding in the Netherlands in the 1940s onderduikers: saboteurs or underground/resistance fighters Oudezijds Voorburgwal: a canal in Amsterdam, built in the fourteenth century Prinsengracht: the fourth and longest canal in Amsterdam—“the Prince’s Canal” in English—it was named after the Prince of Orange and has mainly residential buildings along it, most of which date back to the seventeenth century Schiphol: the Netherland’s main international airport speculaas: popular Dutch spice cookies often in the shape of windmills Spiegelgracht: a canal in the centre of Amsterdam, built in the sixteenth century Stimpie Stampie: a type of stamppot (stew) served at the New Dorrius restaurant in Amsterdam Vroom & Dreesmann: a chain of Dutch department stores founded in 1887 by Willem Vroom and Anton Dreesmann; there are currently more than sixty branches of V&D throughout the Netherlands Westerkerk: a large, Renaissance-style Dutch Protestant church in central Amsterdam, built between 1920 and 1931 Zuid-Holland: South Holland ...

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