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It is well known that life in the old Jordaan was hard and poor. But life in the Jewish quarter behind the Waterlooplein was at least as hard. For example, the Rooden Leeuwengang on the Valkenburgerstraat consisted of a collection of slums where 300 people lived in 39 one-room apartments. Credits: Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Eilers, Bernard F. (1878-1951), Eversen, Adriaan (1818-1897) Ruysdael, Jacob van, Bloteling, Abraham, Ruisdael, J. van (Jacob) Lauters, Paulus, Desguerrois en Co Solomon Leonard Verveer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Eduard Alexander Hilverdink, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons