On 4 May, we commemorate the Jewish residents who were deported from the Swammerdam neighbourhood during WWII. The streets involved are: Blasiusstraat 1 to 70, Swammerdamstraat, Ruyschstraat 1 to 52, Deymanstraat, Leeuwenhoekstraat, Eerste Boerhaavestraat, Mauritsstraat and Weesperzijde 1 to 38.

Anyone can create a memorial page on the Namenennummers.nl website in the coming period in order to personally commemorate victims. The process involves making a nameplate and writing a story. The site gives step-by-step instructions on how to do this. Your nameplate will play a role in the memorial ceremony. Wooden boards for the nameplates can be collected from the beginning of April 2023 from shoemaker Charles at Ruyschstraat 14, Amsterdam (on the corner of Swammerdamstraat). The name plates that were made last year will be laid down again. This year you can choose to commemorate a different victim.

Visit our Facebook page “4 May commemoration Swammerdam neighbourhood” to sign up!

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