Name: The Jewish Council
Rating: 7.5

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.

First Air Date: 2024-03-10

Last Air Date: 2024-04-07

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 5

Networks: NPO 1

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Top Cast

Pierre Bokma as David Cohen
Claire Bender as Virrie Cohen
Ellie de Lange as Mirjam Cohen
Monic Hendrickx as Cornelia Cohen
Jack Wouterse as Bram Asscher
Malou Gorter as Gertrude van Tijn
Tanya Zabarylo as Mirjam Levie
Simone Giel as Rebecca Gomperts
Els Dottermans as Sophie
Victor IJdens as Piet Meerburg

Seasons

None (2024)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Mayors of Jewish Amsterdam (2024-03-10)

Hoping to prevent violence, professor David Cohen joins the Nazi-imposed Jewish Council, but continued deportations drive his family toward resistance.
Ep. 2: The Yellow Stain (2024-03-17)

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.
Ep. 3: The Jewish Dictator (2024-03-24)

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.
Ep. 4: The Longest Night (2024-03-31)

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.
Ep. 5: The Little Shoah (2024-04-07)

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