The Jewish Council

📊 Series Specifications

Network NPO 1
Episode Runtime ~45 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 5
Original Language NL

The Jewish Council (2024)

⭐ 3.8 / 5 (9 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 5 Episodes 🏷️ Drama, War & Politics 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

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.

Seasons & Episodes

Episodes for this season are available via edge tracking. View Episode 1 →
E1 The Mayors of Jewish Amsterdam

Hoping to prevent violence, professor David Cohen joins the Nazi-imposed Jewish Council, but continued deportations drive his family toward resistance.

E2 The Yellow Stain

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.

E3 The Jewish Dictator

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.

E4 The Longest Night

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.

E5 The Little Shoah

Hoping to prevent violence, professor David Cohen joins the Nazi-imposed Jewish Council, but continued deportations drive his family toward resistance.