The Hirsch & Cie design house…

….was greatly successful in Amsterdam until 1943, when it was forced to close as part of the Nazi policy of dispossessing Jews of their property during the repossession of the Netherlands.

It re-opened in 1948 after the war.  The iconic building had various functions in the 1970’s and was acquired by the Nilsson family in 1989 who made large scale restoration and brought in great tenants.

(Hirsch & Cie in 2007 restored, but  no longer fashionable)