National Holocaust Memorial in the Hollandsche Schouburg, a former Theatre used by the Nazi occupiers as a Deportation Centre for Jews during WWII
During World War II, the Hollandsche Schouwburg was used by the German occupying forces as a collection centre for Jews. From here, tens of thousands of women and men were deported to concentration and extermination camps. It is now a place of commemoration. In the hall, a wall remembers all the people deported from here through an inscription of their surnames, and there is an exhibition detailing the persecution of Jews in the Netherlands. Starting from 1942, it is estimated that between 60,000 to 80,000 Jews were assembled here before being transported to the Westerbork transit camp. The Hollandsche Schouwburg houses an educational exhibition and a memorial centre listing the names of the dead, and an eternal flame burns to honour the 104,000 Dutch Jews who were exterminated in World War II. On the ground floor is a memorial garden and memorial chapel with an eternal flame. Behind a 10 meters high pylon placed in the location where the stage used to be, a Wall of Remembrance is engraved with 6,700 family names. Each surname occurs only once, and together the names stand for all the 104,000 Dutch victims of the persecution of the Jews — thus raising them out of anonymity.
Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Plantage Middenlaan 33hs Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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