The Jewish Council (2024)
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.
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Episode 1 - The Mayors of Jewish Amsterdam
Release Date: 2024-03-10Hoping to prevent violence, professor David Cohen joins the Nazi-imposed Jewish Council, but continued deportations drive his family toward resistance.
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Episode 2 - The Yellow Stain
Release Date: 2024-03-17After 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.
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Episode 3 - The Jewish Dictator
Release Date: 2024-03-24As 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.
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Episode 4 - The Longest Night
Release Date: 2024-03-31After 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.
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Episode 5 - The Little Shoah
Release Date: 2024-04-07Hoping to prevent violence, professor David Cohen joins the Nazi-imposed Jewish Council, but continued deportations drive his family toward resistance.