Jodenbreestraat

The philosopher Baruch Spinoza was born in a house that stood where the Mozes en Aäronkerk church now stands.

Rembrandt lived in this street, from 1631 to 1635, at the home of art dealer Hendrick van Uylenburgh, and again from 1639 to 1656, in his own house, built in 1606 and still standing today.

During the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, most residents of Amsterdam's Jewish neighbourhood were deported to the concentration camps where they were murdered.

In the 1960s, the city government unveiled plans to build a dual carriageway through the Jodenbreestraat, as well as a metro line underneath the street.

To prepare for construction, Jodenbreestraat was significantly widened by demolishing the remaining houses along the north side of the street.