Rotterdam Rechter Maasoever , South Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe
Monument Voor Joodse Oorlogslachtoffers
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Jewish War Victims Memorial
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 21, 2024
1. Monument Voor Joodse Oorlogslachtoffers / Jewish War Victims Memorial Marker
10.000
Joodse
inwoners
van
Rotterdam
Met dit monument bij de entree tot het stadhuis herdenken de bevolking en het gemeentebestuur van Rotterdam de vele stadgenoten die slachtoffer werden van de Jodenvervolging door Nazi-Duitsland tijdens de tweede wereldoorlog.
Het monument is een schepping van de kunstenares Loeki Metz.
Het werd op 27 oktober 1981 onthuld door Koningin Beatrix.
De toenmalige loco-burgemeester drs. J.G. van der Ploeg zei daarbij "Deze stad, elke stad, is aanmerkelijk minder geworden door het letterlijk decimeren van een volksdeel dat zozeer aan de totaliteit had bijgedragen.
In memory of the 10,000 Jewish inhabitants of Rotterdam.
With this monument at the entrance to the city hall, the people and municipal council of Rotterdam commemorate the many fellow citizens who were victims of the persecution of Jews by Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
The monument is a creation of the artist Loeki Metz.
It was unveiled on October
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The then deputy mayor J.G. van der Ploeg said: "This city, every city, has been diminished considerably by literally decimating a section of the population that had contributed so much to everything.
Erected 1981.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list.
Location. 51° 55.378′ N, 4° 28.787′ E. Memorial is in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland (South Holland). It is in Rotterdam Rechter Maasoever. It can be reached from Coolsingel. The marker is in the courtyard/garden of the city hall, in the portico leading into the building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Coolsingel 40, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland 3011 AW, Netherlands. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Benelux Low Countries, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it finds 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 marker: Verzetskruis Herdenkingsmonument / Resistance Cross Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); March 12, 1945 Hofplein Execution Memorial (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Helmersstraat (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Wijkpark / Neighborhood Park - de Reus van Rotterdam / the Giant of Rotterdam (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Gouvernestraat (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Diergaardesingel
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 21, 2024
2. Jewish War Victims Memorial - plaque and artwork
Also see . . . The Holocaust in the Netherlands (Wikipedia).
Overview: The Holocaust in the Netherlands was organized by Nazi Germany in occupied Netherlands as part of the Holocaust across Europe during the Second World War. The Nazi occupation in 1940 immediately began disrupting the norms of Dutch society, separating Dutch Jews in multiple ways from the general Dutch population. The Nazis used existing Dutch civil administration as well as the Dutch Jewish Council "as an invaluable means to their end". In 1939, there were some 140,000 Jews living in the Netherlands, among them some 24,000 to 25,000 German-Jewish refugees who had fled from Germany in the 1930s (other sources claim that some 34,000 Jewish refugees entered the Netherlands between 1933 and 1940, mostly from Germany and Austria). Some 75% of the Dutch-Jewish population was murdered in the Holocaust(Submitted on April 14, 2024.)
Additional keywords. Holocaust
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 21, 2024
3. Jewish War Victims Memorial - artwork
Credits. This page was last revised on April 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 133 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 13, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 2, 3. submitted on April 14, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
