Griet Manshande is a novel written by Jan Mens. In the final chapter, Griet dies during the Potato Riots

De commisaris vertelt, a book by H. Voordewind. The book is a biography about a young man who becomes a police commissioner in Amsterdam. This is the commissioner that gave the command to fire at the protesting and rioting crowd during the Potato Riots

Memoires of Floor Wibaut, who dealt with the protesters during the Potato Riots as an alderman

Song lyrics of a protest song about the Potato Riots from that time

A map of Amsterdam. The Jordaan and the Oostelijke Eilanden, where the Potato Riots took place, have been highlighted

I'm mapping out the different moments, places and people that played a role in the Potato Riots

Squeezing a rotten potato, like one of the women did at the city hall during the riots

Tobacconist at the Elandsgracht in the Jordaan, then and now

The business of potato trader H.D. Sweers was formerly located on the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal