Dr. Dienke Hondius, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of contemporary history at VU University. She is also an advisor and staff member at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and has conducted extensive research on contemporary anti-Semitism, Holocaust studies, and racism in the Netherlands.

n 1938, Kristallnacht, or the November pogrom, sent shockwaves
through Germany, Austria and elsewhere. Many Jewish families,
including the Frank family who fled to Amsterdam, had already begun
their desperate search for safety.
This essential program will analyze the critical early warning signs of
rising Nazism and Fascism across Europe and new research about
the Frank family and their helpers in Amsterdam. Dr. Hondius will
also explore the vital importance of early awareness, resilience, and
education as fundamental lessons from the Holocaust.
Dienke Hondius is an associate professor of history at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a staff member for international
educational projects at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Among her publications are Return: Holocaust Survivors and Dutch
Antisemitism.
She initiated the Mapping Slavery research project to study the connections between European and American histories and
locations on slavery. Dr. Hondius is currently working on the Mapping Hiding Places research project, which collects, analyzes,
and shows hiding places used by Jews as well as Roma and Sinti during the Holocaust in Europe. She is currently working on
a new book about the Jewish Lyceum in Amsterdam 1941-1943 and on a new book about the histories of Jews in hiding in and
around Amsterdam.
FREE FOR EDUCATORS
For NJ Educators: 2.0 PDH (professional development hours)