« Hatch, the Tudor dog Christina O’Gorman, 1913 » The Ghosts of Amsterdam These images are the work of Jo Teeuwisse, a Historical Consultant in Amsterdam – and a master Retronaut. Over to Jo: “Years ago I found some negatives in a fleamarket. I scanned them and put them online. I then found some of the spots in the photos and took pictures there. In the picture above, you can see a group of young factory workers posing probably outside the factory during the war. I cheated a little bit by removing some pots of flowers which are on the steps today…! The picture below is of the Liberation Parade on Friday June 29th, 1945 in the Vijzelstraat, Amsterdam. The next picture is from the same parade and shows the Underground Press, wearing face masks. The banner carried is from “De Waarheid”, the Communist underground paper: The next two pictures are of Reguliersgracht in Amsterdam. These people worked in a factory and the office part was perhaps in one of these buildings. The next picture shows the SS Recruiting Office in Dam Square during the Occupation, across from the “Big” Club. Some great film footage exists of someone climbing onto the lower roof and smashing the SS windows with great force – and great pleasure: The final two pictures are of Dam Square on Monday May 7th 1945, two days after the German surrender. Thousands of Dutch people were waiting for the liberators to arrive in the square. They had lived through five years of war and months of fear and hunger. In the “Big” Club, members of the Kriegsmarine watched as the crowd below their balcony grew and grew, people danced and cheered. Then, for some reason, the Germans placed a machine-gun on the balcony and started shooting into the crowds. It has always remained uncertain why it happened but the tragic outcome was that, at the brink of peace, 120 people were badly injured and 22 people died. The shooting finally came to an end after a member of the Resistance climbed into the tower of the Royal palace and started shooting onto the balcony and into the Club. Then a German officer together with a Resistance commander found their way into the Club and convinced the men to surrender. The first picture shows Peek & Cloppenburg, a large shop that was already there in 1945. Today Madame Tussauds is in the same building as well. We can see three members of the Scouting movement, which had been outlawed by the Nazis. As soon as the War came to an end, they put on their old uniforms and started helping the resistance and the Allies. Three brave young people are crossing the square. The Club is in the right side of the photo, and we can also see the Royal palace tower. Crowds filled the square very quickly when the Germans stopped shooting so its quite likely that these people were risking their lives. Note the shoes and hats dropped by the crowds as they fled for their lives: In the final picture, we can see a wounded man being taken away from the square. There are no other people in the square at this point so the situation is still quite dangerous. The man on the left is a medic – he may be a doctor, a Red Cross volunteer or a member of the air-raid emergency groups. Luckily there were many present there on this day. The building on the left in the Royal palace from which the Resistance started shooting back. On the right you see the “Nieuwe Kerk” (new church). Note the shoes and hats dropped by the crowds as they fled for their lives. The sidewalk is covered in blood and there is also a pram without a child in it. During the shooting a toddler walked onto the square, a brave man risked his life to grab it out of the firing line. That film footage still makes me cry.” ….. Thanks very much indeed to Jo Teeuwisse. Share 4099 1235 share 3 share 3710 share 205 share 117.6K March 13th, 2010 | Tags: Amsterdam, Holland, Jo Teuuwisse, WWII | Category: Amsterdam 58 comments to The Ghosts of Amsterdam Ash March 13, 2010 at 6:08 pm Wow!!! That is amazing!!! Scott Lloyd March 14, 2010 at 6:58 pm Jo, These are fantastic juxtapositions. Really wonderful work. Gives me some ideas… Last Hussar March 15, 2010 at 9:50 pm A photographer has done similar with shots of Leningrad from the war- no so much the ‘ghosting’ of the 1st photo, but overlaying the modern shot with part of the wartime one. They are quite something too. Last Hussar March 15, 2010 at 9:52 pm Oops- sorry- didn’t realise it was you http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/spectacular-retrographs-of-the-siege-ofleningrad/ ? Chris March 15, 2010 at 9:56 pm How cool is that! You are clearly a Retronaut, Ian. (I love the name Last Hussar btw) Ally March 16, 2010 at 3:55 pm This has got to be my favourite. Just brilliant Ry March 16, 2010 at 5:21 pm This is an absolutely stunning project. So glad I got to see it and hope for more in the future! Roy Tomeij March 19, 2010 at 5:03 pm “The Club is in the right side of the photo, and we can also see the Royal palace tower.” I believe it is on the left, across the street running on the left of the Peek & Cloppenburg building. ? Chris March 19, 2010 at 9:28 pm Thanks Roy, that’s useful… » The Ghosts of Amsterdam… Wonderful images of the past and present : To Be or Not to Be @abdolian.com March 23, 2010 at 9:02 am [...] The Ghosts of Amsterdam… « How to be a Retronaut [...] jufjo March 30, 2010 at 5:44 am Not sure if we are talking about the same photo but in the photo with the scouts and the big Peek & Cloppenburg store the Club is on the right side, the man with the white flag in his left hand is walking straight towards it. I can’t see the royal palace tower on it though. Nice to hear you all like them, I’ll be adding more soon jufjo March 30, 2010 at 8:55 am I’ve just added 2 more photos like these to my flickr account. Orangutan Studio: Our blog April 9, 2010 at 4:50 am [...] excellent content that gets updated daily. I especially love the juxtaposed shots of old and new in The Ghosts of Amsterdam, The 80-year-old little girl… video with the “spectacular surprise” and 1940s London [...] Lso fantasmas de Amsterdam [ENG] April 15, 2010 at 11:05 pm [...] Lso fantasmas de Amsterdam [ENG] http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/the-ghosts-ofamsterdam/  por FerMartinez hace 3 segundos [...] Los fantasmas de Ámsterdam | Jonéame April 15, 2010 at 11:16 pm [...] Los fantasmas de Ámsterdamwww.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/the-ghosts-of-amsterdam/ por Goefry hace 3 segundos [...] FOTÓN » Los fantasmas de Amsterdam April 23, 2010 at 7:15 am [...] galería completa en el blog del autor: The Ghosts of Amsterdam Categories: Curiosidades, General Tags: amsterdam, fantasmas Comentarios (0) Referencias [...] alex April 23, 2010 at 7:32 pm gave me chills. thank you very much. Claes April 30, 2010 at 6:50 pm Wow,so good,great idea to bring back old photos in to day…//Claes London, I Love Queens Day, Bicycle Film Festival, Born Free, Headman, The Books, Andres Valerio, Autokratz, To Have and To Hold, Editors, Amsterdam Ghosts | Audiopleasures May 7, 2010 at 11:58 pm [...] More pictures via How to be a Retronaut [...] Jockey Wheeler June 11, 2010 at 9:56 pm Great retro work, loving the clarity of the ghost images, thank you. Mitt liv i Amsterdam » The Ghosts of Amsterdam (Jo Teeuwisse) June 30, 2010 at 11:32 am [...] Kategori: Amsterdam i bilder Hej! Är du ny här så kanske du vill följa mig på twitter, prenumera på min rss-feed eller följa mig på blog-lovin'.Har ni sett dessa fantastiska bilder? [...] Rock Langston July 20, 2010 at 5:18 pm Inspired and inspiring use of old images. Great homage to the people and places in the photos. Very moving. Photimages August 30, 2010 at 2:33 pm In the same kind : http://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com Marcella October 7, 2010 at 4:55 pm Fantastic! I have some great photos of my family and war-torn Arnhem, I may try something like this for my walls. Thanks for sharing. BlueMingo October 18, 2010 at 1:15 pm These are great ! Thank you so much for making and sharing them. Nick Samsom November 6, 2010 at 12:06 am I love these and came upon them by chance… I am a photography student and there is a photographer called Shimon Attie how does things like this too. Being Dutch myself I think these are almost better… Sorry but I’m sure you’ll understand. Nick The Ghosts of Amsterdam « wRx November 10, 2010 at 1:36 pm [...] Source [...] The Ghosts Of Amsterdam « Light Sound Dimension November 13, 2010 at 4:31 pm [...] is beautiful. Featured on the website How to be a Retronaut, these pictures are from the Flickr stream of Dutch independent historical consultant Jo Teeuwisse: [...] mark November 14, 2010 at 11:10 am thanks for posting these. this work is beautiful Jo. thanks very much for sharing it. you also mentioned film that exists of people smashing the windows at the SS recruiting station and the man protecting the little girl in the dam square. is this viewable on line or is in an archive somewhere? 24 oranges » Mash-up of war-time and modern photos November 21, 2010 at 7:44 am [...] the middle of Amsterdam, on the Dam square to be precise, and historian Jo Teeuwisse has created a great set of photo mash-ups that bring home how the world fitted back [...] Craig November 21, 2010 at 3:56 pm Jo, Fantastic! The image of the SS HQ is captivating. I think you are doing something very important as a Historical Consultant, and also as an Artist. Your images make history relevant to generations who would never look at a B&W photo. I urge you to find a gallery to exhibit large format prints of your work so they can be seen by as many people as possible. Good Luck! Peace and best wishes from Canada. An amsterdam artist overlayed modern photos of the city with WW2-time pictures she found at a flea market | Sole Genius November 21, 2010 at 4:39 pm [...] by alllie to worldnews [link] [22 comments] reddit: the voice of the internet — news before it happens @ [...] Marty November 21, 2010 at 4:47 pm This is a similar concept in video-form I saw as part of a contest put on by the EYE Film Institute: http://blip.tv/file/2542225/ Catherine November 21, 2010 at 6:36 pm Wonderful. jan1180 November 21, 2010 at 7:26 pm similar idea with roll-over effect: http://refotografie.blogspot.com Kristine November 21, 2010 at 7:45 pm I have been to Amsterdam 3 times this year and it is so incredible to see something like this since I am always trying to imagine what happened on the very same streets I was walking down oh so many years ago. Just incredible. Sebas November 21, 2010 at 8:22 pm I like this technique. It actually shows the history in the streets where people walk and meet everyday. robert November 21, 2010 at 8:35 pm There a great Great effects I live in Amsterdam Blondmyk November 21, 2010 at 8:58 pm Wow! These are amazing! Wonderful work, and with great power! Thanks for sharing these. Elq November 21, 2010 at 10:52 pm Stunning. Beautiful. Thank you. An Amsterdammer The Ghosts of Amsterdam « Espaces Publics November 21, 2010 at 11:13 pm [...] more [...] Irish Berliner November 21, 2010 at 11:37 pm Great stuff. Works very well! I’d love to do something similar with Berlin. andrian November 22, 2010 at 12:23 am bloody good jobs thanks for sharing Ruben Miranda November 22, 2010 at 2:03 am AMAZING….this is the definition of ART Ghosts of Amsterdam-Teeuwisse overlays historical and modern photos of amserdam « P-purple Ghosts of Amsterdam-Teeuwisse overlays historical and modern photos of amserdam « P-purple potato?!! November 22, 2010 at 3:36 am [...] http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/the-ghosts-of-amsterdam/ [...] Oude en nieuwe luchtfoto’s over elkaar heen gelegd | webjournalisten.nl November 22, 2010 at 6:56 am [...] kwam ik al surfend op de interwebs nog meer vergelijkbaar moois tegen. Voor het project The ghosts of Amsterdam ging de fotograaf terug naar plekken van oude zwartwitfoto’s en plaatste de personen van die [...] Nelson November 22, 2010 at 7:06 am Thank you for doing this and posting the photos so we could see them. Jamie Stewart — links for 2010-11-22 November 22, 2010 at 10:12 am [...] The Ghosts of Amsterdam « How to be a Retronaut Years ago I found some negatives in a fleamarket. I scanned them and put them online. I then found some of the spots in the photos and took pictures there. [...] linda macmillan November 22, 2010 at 11:16 am past present and future all exist at the same time jufjo November 22, 2010 at 12:00 pm Thanks all. I’d love to do more in different cities and maybe even different eras. But it takes a lot of time and I also have a company to run. Maybe someone sees a book in it and decides to fund my little photo mix and match hobby morguefile » The Ghosts of Amsterdam November 22, 2010 at 2:49 pm [...] He then scanned them in and superimposed them onto photos of the same locations today for some amazing results. Share and [...] John | English Wilderness November 22, 2010 at 4:41 pm Fascinating work, thanks Interesting Reading #628 – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks November 23, 2010 at 3:51 am [...] The Ghosts of Amsterdam – “These images are the work of Jo Teeuwisse, a Historical Consultant in Amsterdam – and a master Retronaut…” [...] Ghostly Images | Oh. Yes. He Did! November 23, 2010 at 6:43 am [...] a cool site I found in which an artist overlays images from WWII Amsterdam with present day photos. Cool, right? This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. ! The Greatest Live [...] Old and New: Amsterdam Under the Nazis November 23, 2010 at 7:45 am [...] old photographs and duplicate shots at their same location over 60 years later, Jo Teeuwisse has created images that juxtapose time and political climate from a bygone era with today. Showing [...] WWII/today, The Ghosts of Amsterdam gallery... November 23, 2010 at 7:55 am [...] [...] The Ghosts of Amsterdam | It's About Time November 23, 2010 at 8:06 am [...] The picture below is of the Liberation Parade on Friday June 29th, 1945 in the Vijzelstraat, Amsterdam. via howtobearetronaut.com [...] The Ghosts of Amsterdam « Drabkikker November 23, 2010 at 10:57 am [...] vergeten nog weleens dat ‘vroeger’ voor de mensen van vroeger gewoon ‘nu’ [...] Expand next previous Close Previous 0/0 Next