Pierre Bokma
David Cohen
TV SERIES
The Jewish Council
DramaWar & Politics
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.
Top cast
Claire Bender
Virrie Cohen
Ellie de Lange
Mirjam Cohen
Monic Hendrickx
Cornelia Cohen
Jack Wouterse
Bram Asscher
Malou Gorter
Gertrude van Tijn
Tanya Zabarylo
Mirjam Levie
Simone Giel
Rebecca Gomperts
Creative team
Paula van der Oest (Director) • Roos Ouwehand (Writer) • Paul Jan Nelissen (Writer)
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Episodes
5 Episodes
011. 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.
022. 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.
033. 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.
044. 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.
055. The Little Shoah
Hoping to prevent violence, professor David Cohen joins the Nazi-imposed Jewish Council, but continued deportations drive his family toward resistance.