About this season
In 1940s Amsterdam, Jewish Council co-chairman David Cohen and his daughter Virrie have their bond tested as they pursue increasingly opposing ways of safeguarding their community under Nazi rule.
Episodes (5)
1. The Mayors of Jewish Amsterdam
8.0Aired 10 March 2024 • 46 min
Hoping to prevent violence, professor David Cohen joins the Nazi-imposed Jewish Council, but continued deportations drive his family toward resistance.
2. The Yellow Stain
8.0Aired 17 March 2024 • 51 min
After an SS inspection, the Jewish Council enforces Nazi orders to avoid worse, while Piet Meerburg’s resistance ring grows with Virrie’s help and family tensions escalate.
3. The Jewish Dictator
8.0Aired 24 March 2024 • 45 min
As the SS breaks promises and targets even the exempt, Asscher resists, Cohen saves Virrie from deportation—only to be condemned by her as a collaborator.
4. The Longest Night
8.0Aired 31 March 2024 • 46 min
After the war, survivors like the Cohens return to a difficult homecoming marked by legal battles, accusations of collaboration, and Virrie’s lasting resentment toward her father’s impossible wartime choices.
5. The Little Shoah
8.0Aired 7 April 2024 • 47 min
Hoping to prevent violence, professor David Cohen joins the Nazi-imposed Jewish Council, but continued deportations drive his family toward resistance.