2013-01-08-Barroso-Synagogue

Visit of Mr Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President European Commission in Amsterdam at the Holocaust Memorial Museum Hollandsche Schouwburg and the Portuguese Synagogue. He has been accompanied by Mr. Joël Cahen, general director of the Jewish Historical Museum, Mrs. Liesbeth Bijvoet, director of finance and operations of the Jewish Historical Museum
, Mr. Joseph Krant, chairman of the board of supervisors of the Jewish Historical Museum, Mr. Jacques Senior Coronel, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese – Jewish Community and Mr. Hans van Veggel, chairman of the Foundation for Cultural Heritage of the Portuguese Synagogue. He was received by Mr Eberhard van der Laan, Mayor of Amsterdam, after his visit through the Portuguese synagoge and the Library Ets Haim. Foto: Jan-Joseph Stok