History of Sorts

Amsterdam City Bioscoop (cinema) is probably one of the finest film houses in the Netherlands if not Europe. In 1995, the Pathé Cinema Group bought it, and since then, its called Pathé City. But it has one black page in its long history.

The Nazi regime in the Netherlands had passed legislation that the Jewish population was no longer allowed in cinemas starting on 8 January 1941. On 2 January 1941, The City Cinema was the first of its own accord to place the ‘Prohibited to Jews’ signs a week before the ordinance came into effect.

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https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/detail/91cf1116-025a-11e7-904b-d89d6717b464/media/62301af3-6f17-7327-3d46-0fef1ec3ff02?mode=detailu0026amp;view=horizontalu0026amp;q=2%20januariu0026amp;rows=1u0026amp;page=63