Geuzenveld-Slotermeer in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe
Henriëtte Pimentel
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 22, 2022
1. Henriëtte Pimentel Marker
Henriëtte Henriquez Pimentel
Amsterdam, 17 april 1876 - Auschwitz, 17 september 1943
De Joodse onderwijzeres/verpleegster Henriëtte Pimentel werd in 1926 directrice van de crèche aan de Plantage Middenlaan 31-33. De crèche werd tijdens de oorlog door de Duitse bezetter gebruikt om tijdelijk Joodse kinderen op te vangen. Hun ouders zaten opgesloten in de Hollandsche Schouwburg aan de overkant, in afwachting van hun deportatie. Samen met de Joodse schouwburgbeheerder Walter Süskind en diens assistent Felix Halverstad maakte Pimentel een slim plan om zoveel mogelijk kinderen te laten onderduiken.
Henriëtte Pimentel werd op 26 april 1943 gearresteerd en is in september van dat jaar in Auschwitz vermoord. Dankzij haar moed en vindingrijkheid kon het verzet honderden Joodse kinderen laten onderduiken. Velen overleefden de oorlog.
Na de oorlog werd de crèche heropend en omgedoopt tot Huize Henriëtte.
In 1926, the Jewish teacher/nurse Henriëtte Pimentel became director of the crèche at Plantage Middenlaan 31-33. During the war, the crèche was used by the German occupier to temporarily care for Jewish children. Their parents were locked up in the Hollandsche Schouwburg across the street, awaiting their deportation. Together with the Jewish theater manager Walter Süskind and his assistant Felix Halverstad, Pimentel devised a clever plan to allow as many children as possible to go into hiding.
Henriëtte Pimentel was arrested on April 26, 1943 and in September of that year was murdered in Auschwitz. Thanks to her courage and ingenuity, hundreds of Jewish children were able to go underground into hiding. Many survived the war.
After the war, the crèche was reopened and renamed Huize Henriëtte.
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Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Women. In addition, it is included in the Give Streets a Face / Geef Straten Een Gezicht, the Heroes of the Dutch Resistance (GSEG), and the The Holocaust series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is September 17, 1943.
Location. Memorial is missing. It was located near 52° 23.055′ N, 4° 49.627′ E. Memorial was in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland). It was in Geuzenveld-Slotermeer. It was at the intersection of Anton Struikstraat and Burgemeester Eliasstraat, on the left when traveling north on Anton Struikstraat. Touch for map. Memorial was in this post office area: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland 1063 EX, Netherlands. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it was in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Benelux Low Countries, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it found itself in what was once the Roman Empire and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Mientje ten Dam (here,
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 22, 2022
2. Henriëtte Pimentel Marker - wide view
Also see . . . Henriëtte Pimentel (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: "The children in the crèche were also to be sent to Westerbork. In collaboration with Walter Süskind at the Jewish Council and Johan van Hulst who ran the neighbouring teachers training college, Pimentel made arrangements for as many as possible to be smuggled out to families willing to look after them, some as far away as Friesland or Limburg. For several months, the scheme went undetected as the children's names were removed from the transport schedules. Some of them were temporarily housed in the teachers training college while others were cared for by student groups or other resistance cells. Some sources estimate that up to a thousand were saved in this way, others around 500, but the large majority continued to be deported. The operation was code-named "N.V.", short for Naamloze Vennootschap meaning "limited company."... The Nazis arrived at the crèche on 23 July 1943, removing all the remaining children and all the staff. Pimentel was sent first to Westerbork, then to Auschwitz where she was murdered around 17 September 1943."(Submitted on August 8, 2022.)
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Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 8, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 310 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 8, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
