Walking through the misty streets of Amsterdam on a cold November night, two young Jewish men feigned confidence and casual body language so as not to arouse the suspicion of dozens of antisemitic thugs looking for victims to assault.

This event only sounds like it happened in the 1930s or ’40s.

In fact, it happened on Thursday night, on the eve of the anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogroms in Europe, to Aviv B. and a friend. The two tourists from Israel were among dozens of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans returning to their hotel from a soccer match in the Dutch capital against the local Ajax powerhouse, Aviv told JNS on Friday.