Watergraafsmeer in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe
Sparrenwegschool Joodse Herinnering
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Sparrenweg School Jewish Memorial
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 15, 2025
1. Sparrenwegschool Joodse Herinnering / Sparrenweg School Jewish Memorial Marker
Joodse herinnering aan de Camper- en Vrolikschool in de volksmond ook wel Sparrenwegschool genoemd
De Sparrenweg gezien vanaf de 1e, Oosterparkstraat.
Aan de linkerkant op nummer 11 was de toegangspoort tot de scholen die in de binnentuin stonden.
Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog moesten alle Joodse kinderen en hun Joodse onderwijzers op last van de Duitse bezetter in aparte scholen worden. ondergebracht. De Camper- en Vrolikschool werden daarvoor aangewezen. Op 8 maart 1943 werd de school opgeheven omdat alle leraren, personeel en leerlingen van Joodse afkomst inmiddels waren gedeporteerd naar de vernietigingskampen in Oost Europa.
Deze genocide staat bekend onder de naam Holocaust en Sjoa.
We herdenken hier allen die via deze poort tussen 1941 en 1943 werden weggevoerd.
NOOIT ZULLEN ZIJ VERGETEN WORDEN
Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog ging de school verder onder de naam Louise de Coligny School. In 1987 werd het schoolgebouw afgebroken.
Jewish memory of the Camper- and Vrolik school, popularly known as the Sparrenweg school
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On the left at number 11 was the entrance gate to the schools that were in the courtyard.
During the Second World War, all Jewish children and their Jewish teachers had to be placed in separate schools by order of the German occupier. The Camper and Vrolik schools were designated for this purpose. On 8 March 1943, the school was closed because all teachers, staff and students of Jewish descent had been deported to the extermination camps in Eastern Europe.
This genocide is known as the Holocaust or Shoah.
Here we commemorate all those who were deported via this gate between 1941 and 1943.
NEVER WILL THEY BE FORGOTTEN
After the Second World War, the school continued under the name Louise de Coligny School. In 1987, the school building was demolished.
Erected 2021.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list. A significant historical date for this entry is March 8, 1943.
Location. 52° 21.437′ N, 4° 54.97′ E. Memorial is in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland). It is in Watergraafsmeer. It is on Sparrenweg, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Sparrenweg 39, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland 1091 HP, 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.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 15, 2025
2. Sparrenwegschool Joodse Herinnering / Sparrenweg School Jewish Memorial - wide view
The memorial is visible here to the left of the doorway.
Also see . . . Oosterparkbuurt - Joodse school nummer 5 en 6 (Verdwenen Joodse Scholen, in Dutch). Overview (in translation):
Between those two Jewish neighborhoods, the Jodenbuurt and the Transvaalbuurt, was the Oosterparkbuurt. In the 1940s, about 30,000 people lived there, of whom more than a third were Jewish. Of the 1,400 public pupils in this neighborhood, about a third were Jewish.(Submitted on May 16, 2025.)
When the municipality carried out the order of the German occupier that all Jewish children had to go to separate schools, two schools were made available in this neighborhood for this purpose, the Vrolikschool and the Camperschool.
These schools were housed together in the double school building within the block of houses between the Beukenweg and Sparrenweg, behind the gate at number 11. From Monday, September 22, 1941, these were Joodsche school 5 and Joodsche school 6.
More than 500 Jewish children attended these two Jewish schools. The 230 non-Jewish children from those two schools were in turn moved to the other schools in the neighborhood, the Boerhaaveschool and the Linnaeusschool. While all the Jewish children from the various schools in that neighborhood were banished to the two new Jewish schools.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 15, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 87 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 15, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 2. submitted on May 16, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
