Central Market Halls
The Marktet Halls, opened in 1934, served as a center for food (wholesale) trade.
Centrale Markthallen, 16 oktober 1934
Vervaardiger onbekend. Stadsarchief Amsterdam Copyright: Publiek domein
Address: Jan van Galenstraat 14, Amsterdam.[1]
The Market Halls were opened in 1934 and served as a center of food (wholesale) trade.[2] On March 22, 1944, a bomber crashed in the Spaarndammerstraat. According to Anne Frank, the plane 'the machine must have been hit close tot the Markt Halls.'[3]
Footnotes
- ^ Algemeen Adresboek der stad Amsterdam. 85ste jaargang, 1938-1939, Amsterdam: Ellerman, Harms & Co., p. 1715.
- ^ “De Centrale Markt te Amsterdam in gebruik genomen”, Gooi- en Eemlander, 15 oktober 1934, p. 6. Also see:: Bianca Stigter, Atlas van een bezette stad: Amsterdam 1940-1945, Amsterdam: Atlas Contact, 2019, p. 277-278; Wikipedia: Centrale Markthallen.
- ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 23 March 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.