AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, February 17, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Stolpersteine Central Amsterdam Monument Project, is seeking survivors and descendants to help honoring and remember victims of the Holocaust.

During World War II, the Nazis killed nearly 80 percent of the Netherlands’ Jews - a staggering proportion that represents the largest percentage of Jewish victims in any of the Western European countries.

Working together with key partners, “Stolpersteine” honoring Holocaust victims will be placed in front of the homes along the central canals in Amsterdam, where the victims had their last freely chosen address. This project will coincide with the opening of the Dutch National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam in 2023.

The first canal to receive a large number of Stolpersteine will be Herengracht, where on March 21st and 22nd 2022, 61 stones will be laid officially to memorialize those victims taken from their homes.

Michael Potter, the project’s initiator, explained, “the central canal area of Amsterdam is recognized as one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the world. Part of the Jewish tradition is that even in times of joy and celebration we are urged to momentarily acknowledge tragedy in both the past and the present. These stones provide that small tear of sorrow next to the grand and historic architecture of the canals.”

The project is currently seeking sponsors and supporters of the other Central Amsterdam canals:

Singel; at least 35 Stolpersteine
Herengracht; at least 62 Stolpersteine
Keizersgracht; at least 163 Stolpersteine
Prinsengracht; at least 142 Stolpersteine
Nieuwe Herengracht; at least 400 Stolpersteine
Nieuwe Keizersgracht; at least 392 Stolpersteine
Nieuwe Prinsengracht; at least 817 Stolpersteine


Total Stolpersteine to Honor Victims of the Holocaust: 2,011*
(*This number could be substantially higher because the Stolpersteine project can honor all victims of the Nazis, not only those victims that were murdered.)

An integrated STOLPERSTEINE app could enable a person walking down the street to learn the Jewish history as well as the history of other victims of the Nazis behind a house, a building, or a monument. The app is currently in development and seeking funding to provide augmented reality, photos, short video stories and other relevant content.



PARTNERS

Stichting Stolpersteine, Stolpersteine are made since 1992 by the artist Gunter Demnig, are brass covered stones with which we commemorate the victims of Nazis during the Second World War. The Stolpersteine ​​are placed in the sidewalk in front of the last freely chosen homes of the victims.
https://stichting-stolpersteine.nl/

The Jewish Cultural Quarter (with the Jewish Museum, the monumental Portuguese Synagogue, the National Holocaust Museum and memorial site Hollandsche Schouwburg). It provides a unique picture of past and present Dutch Jewish life. www.jck.nl

One of the architects of the Central Amsterdam Monument initiative, Michael Potter is also the Executive Director of the documentary film, “Chichinette: The Accidental Spy” about Marthe Cohn, the Holocaust survivor who spied behind Nazi lines. Potter has multidecadal ties to the Herengracht canal in Amsterdam.

Ulrika Grünwald Citron, of Dutch ancestry, was born and raised in Sweden. In addition to serving on the National Holocaust Museum of Amsterdam's Board of Governors, she serves on the USC Shoah Foundation’s Next Generation Council, and is active in the nonprofit world, in Sweden and the US. For the past several years, she has pursued the sacred act of memorializing Dutch victims of the Holocaust, including placing stones in memory of her grandparents in front of their Amsterdam home.

Felix Guttmann, entrepreneur, Chairman of the Amsterdam Light Festival and serving on many boards and advisory committees of cultural initiatives, a.o. the board of Humanity in Action (New York) and the board of the Jewish Cultural Quarter (Amsterdam). https://amsterdamlightfestival.com/en

Seeking survivors and descendants to assist in honoring and remembering victims of the Holocaust from the Herengracht

Artur Nenner - Herengracht 36 huis, Amsterdam

Mindel Ehrlich-Grossmann - Herengracht 36 huis, Amsterdam

Isidor Lutomirski - Herengracht 64 huis, Amsterdam

Emma Lutomirski - Herengracht 64 huis, Amsterdam

Susanna Lutomirski - Herengracht 64 huis, Amsterdam

Martha Lutomirski - Herengracht 64 huis, Amsterdam

Hermina Nova-Lutomirski - Herengracht 64 huis, Amsterdam

Mozes Teeboom - Herengracht 69 huis, Amsterdam

Gracia Teeboom-Rodrigues - Herengracht 69 huis, Amsterdam

Eliazer van Dam - Herengracht 69 huis, Amsterdam

Bertus Keizer - Herengracht 75 boven, Amsterdam

Paul Sittner - Herengracht 84 huis, Amsterdam

Regina Sittner-Perl - Herengracht 84 huis, Amsterdam

Max Bernstein - Herengracht 94 huis, Amsterdam

Selma Bernstein-Hemelrijk - Herengracht 94 huis, Amsterdam

Hijman Oudkerk - Herengracht 94 huis, Amsterdam

Elkan de Vries - Herengracht 113 onderhuis, Amsterdam

Leman van Gelderen - Herengracht 137 bovenhuis, Amsterdam

Esther Frank-Berlijn - Herengracht 144 huis, Amsterdam

Frans Simon Frank - Herengracht 144 huis, Amsterdam

Jacob Louis Frank - Herengracht 144 huis, Amsterdam

Vrouwtje Berlijn-Kreveld - Herengracht 144 huis, Amsterdam

Freddy Betty Frank - Herengracht 144 huis, Amsterdam

Simon Berlijn - Herengracht 144 huis, Amsterdam

Leman Dreese - Herengracht 16 huis, Amsterdam

Louis Polk - Herengracht 189 huis, Amsterdam

Hijman Polk - Herengracht 189 huis, Amsterdam

Jaantje Polk-Cohen de Lara - Herengracht 189 huis, Amsterdam

Frederika Behr-Polk - Herengracht 189 huis, Amsterdam

Margarete Siliava - Herengracht 232 III, Amsterdam

Salomon Vleesdraager - Herengracht 232 III, Amsterdam

Rachel Vleesdraager-Vleeschdrager - Herengracht 232 III, Amsterdam

Eva Cohen-Cohen de Lara - Herengracht 234, Amsterdam

Lena Cohen - Herengracht 234, Amsterdam

Herman Cohen - Herengracht 234, Amsterdam

Levie Cohen - Herengracht 234, Amsterdam

Isac Jacovici - Herengracht 238, Amsterdam

Rachel Engelander-Fortuyn - Herengracht 259 huis, Amsterdam

Henriëtta Jacobson-Heijmans - Herengracht 261 boven, Amsterdam

Abraham Arthur Jacobson - Herengracht 261 boven, Amsterdam

Arthur Josef Einhorn - Herengracht 268 , Amsterdam

Margarete Einhorn-Veit - Herengracht 268, Amsterdam

Ottilie Neuburger-Veit - Herengracht 268, Amsterdam

Renée Jacobowitz - Herengracht 283-I, Amsterdam

Philipp Braun - Herengracht 332 huis, Amsterdam

Willem Stokvis Herengracht 338--I, Amsterdam

Samuel Markus - Herengracht 356-II, Amsterdam

Johanna Catharina Markus-van Saxen - Herengracht 356-II, Amsterdam

Sara Lap - Herengracht 360 huis, Amsterdam

Carolina van Goor - Herengracht 368 h, Amsterdam

Isaäc Alexandroff - Herengracht 406 I, Amsterdam

Marcus Bamberger- Herengracht 459 huis, Amsterdam

Rosalie Bieker-Horn - Herengracht 508 huis, Amsterdam

Hildegard Bronkhorst-Okonski - Herengracht 563 huis, Amsterdam

Joseph Dupont- Herengracht 579 huis, Amsterdam

Eliazar Jacobs - Herengracht 587 I , Amsterdam

Josef Rosenbaum - Herengracht 596 huis, Amsterdam

Adelheid Rosette Roet - Herengracht 596 huis, Amsterdam

Abraham Prins - Herengracht 596 huis, Amsterdam

Rosina Roet - Herengracht 596 huis, Amsterdam

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