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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the website 'Commemorative Stones Jewish Alkmaar'.
In 2023 the Foundation 'Commemorative Stones Jewish Alkmaar' will be ended.
Before that a book is written by the Historian Jan van Baar about all the killed Jewish inhabitants of Alkmaar in 1945 as well as all the survivers and the Jews who lived is the surrounding of Alkmaar, according to the modern 'borders' of Alkmaar.
Also a Memorial statue is placed in front of the Central Railwaystation of Alkmaar.
An impression can be seen on youtube:
Or watch the English subtitled version via this Youtube link.
Seventh - and last - series of Commemorative Stones in Alkmaar were placed on the 5th of march 2020. For more information see right.
Pictures of all the ceremonies can be found at button STEENLEGGINGEN and do have comments in English.
On the 17th of june 2019 the sixth series of Commemorative Stones were placed.
The 17th june of 2019 the commemorative stones were layed in the so-called 'Spoorbuurt', the neighbourhood of the Central Trainstation of Alkmaar. Foto's will soon be added.
On the 14th of may 2018 the fifth serie of Stones were layed in the old city of Alkmaar. Most of the victims were living in the neighbourhood of the Langestraat and the Oudegracht.
Aside you will find information about names and addresses.
Below this page you can read more about the project.
speech of the chairwoman of our foundation in the ancient City Hall - May 2018
Names and addresses of the victims who were remembered on the 5th of march 2020.
1. Cort v.d. Lindenkade 4 - 2 stones
Mozes and Rebekka de Jong-Blok
Mozes de Jong is born in Den Helder 24.07.1875
Rebekka Blok is born 01.04.1880 in Leerdam
Both murdered the 4 of july 1943 in Sobibor
2. Kennemerstraatweg 163 - 3 stones
Louis and Johanna Sluizer-Goudsmid with their daughter Marianna
Louis Sluizer is born in Amsterdam 31.01.1894.
Johanna Goudsmid is born in Kampen 09.11.1893.
Marianna born the 4 of august 1931.
All murdered the 9th of april 1943 in Sobibor
3. Rozenstraat 7 - 2 stones
Siegfried and Ada Trijbetz-Dassi
Siegfried Trijbetz is born 26.12.1906 in Alkmaar
Ada Dassi is bor op 13.03.1913 in Amsterdam
Both murdered the 16 of july 1943 in Sobibor
4. Egmonderstraat 18 - 6 stones
Elisabeth Polak-Polak with her 5 children Hartog Philip Benedictus, Jacob Benedictus, Judith, Mathilda and Roosje
Elisabeth Polak is born op 23.06.1859 in Den Helder.
Her husband Benedictus Hartog Polak is born on 28.07.1832 in Den Helder and died in 1920 on the age of 88.
The 5 children were all born in Den Helder:
Hartog Philip Benedictus Polak, born on 28.7.1884
Jacob Benedictus Polak, born 03.02.1888
Judith Polak, born 03.02.1891
Mathilda Polak, born 30.6.1894
Roosje Polak, born 07.09.1899
The family was murdered on one day, 9 april 1943 in Sobibor
The project.
Commemorative stones are square marmor stones with the names engraved at the top of the stones. Also engraved is the date when they were killed and in which Nazi-camp. They are small monuments to commemorate victims of the Holocaust (Shoa), and are placed on the sidewalk in front of the house where he or she lived.
While walking on the city's pavement one can't help but see the Commemorative stones. You actually trip and stumble over them. One must bend down and even bow, before one can read what is written. These stones help you think and contemplate about the tragedy that happened in that street and in that particular house to the Jews who once lived there.
While the vast majority of the Commemorative Stones commemorate the rememberance of Jewish victims of the holocaust, there are also those stones for other victims such as Sinti and Romani people, Jehovah Witnesses, members of resistance parties etc. The places that now have the marmor commemorative stones and the so-called Stolpersteine extends to many countries within their cities and villages. Since December 2014 there have been more than 70,000 Stolpersteine placed in more then 17 countries throughout Europe. The Netherlands is proud to have since 2007 more than 110 cities and villages with brass-top Stolpersteine and also several cities where marmor Commemorative stones are placed.
In our small city of Alkmaar, a 40 minute drive north of Amsterdam, we started our own commemoration project for the about 133 Jews who lived in Alkmaar and were deported and murdered. In total 213 Jews were living in Alkmaar in that time.
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COMMEMORATIVE STONES AND STOLPERSTEINE IN ALKMAAR
2 november 2015 Stolpersteine have been placed in the city centre of Alkmaar. Gunter Demnig came to the Netherlands to place stones in Alkmaar and in several cities in the north of the country and also in Belgium. We have planned 9 adresses with a total of 26 stones - which means 26 people. On the page ''1e STEENLEGGING'' can be read about those 26 people and the houses where Jewish families lived and where the stones were placed in the pavement in front of -or near to- the door. (The stories are in Dutch.) On that page also can be found a citymap with the routing and streetnames. On those pages foto galleries show what happend that day and during the other cermonies.
12 september 2016 the second series of stone was layed, now called Commemorative Stones. this time not in the citycentre but in the neighbiourhood called Emmakwartier.
On the 15th of may 2017 the third series of Commerative stones were placed just outside the old citycentre of Alkmaar, called the 'Emma-neighbourhood', one in the Old City (Verdronkenoord) and on 3 adresses at the Westerweg. This time 2 seperate ceremonies on one day were planned because of special circumstances.
INVOLVEMENT OF SCHOOLS
In 2017, october 30th:
De Zeswielen, a primary school on the 'Schermereiland' will be present with children of group 8.
and in 2017, may 15th:
De St. Adelbertusschool: this time pupils from the primary school 'St Adelbertusschool' were involved. The school is situated in the heart of the Emma quartier. They were that day involved with the placing of the tulips on the stones.
Het Murmellius Gymnasium: every year this school is very much involved with our project. On may 16th Louis Frankenberg gave a presentation about his life, specially how he managed to escape the nazi's.
In 2016:
De Kennemerpoort: this time pupils from the primary school 'Kennemerpoort' were involved. The school is situated in the street where we started laying stones: Hofdijkstraat 1, 7 and 10. A special schoolprogramme was made to introduce and explain what in the beginning of world war 2 happened in that street. Once more the Alkmaar Murmellius Gymnasium was present with 2 teachers and 4 of their students.
In 2015:
De Rank: pupils from the primary school 'De Rank' in Alkmaar were present on the 2nd of november and layd flowers near the stones after they have been layed in the pavement.
Murmellius Gymnasium: during the occupation of the Netherlands the nazis ordered jewish teachers to leave their schools. Among them was J. Hemelrijk, in 1942 principal of the 'Murmellius Gymnasium' (an Alkmaar Grammar School). He survived the concentrationcamps Sachsenhausen en Buchenwald and returned to the Netherlands in 1945 and became again principal of the school. Until today the principal J. Hemelrijk is remembered in the school and because of 70 years of freedom in the Netherlands, pupils and teachers raised 1300,- euros for our Stolpersteine project, a great achievement for which we are very thankful. On the 2end of september the cheque was handed over by the students to the members of our foundation. On the 2nd of november those pupils were present the whole day.
The schools...
on the left: Meester Mike de Munck with his class, group 8 of the St. Adelbertusschool
on thright: Louis Frankenberg, holocaust survivor, at the Murmellius Gymnasium, being introduced by the Principal.
above: pictures taken on the 12th of september 2016 with pupils from Kennemerpoort primary school; and below students from Murmellius Gymnasium - photo's by Mardy Maas
on the left: Gunter Demnig surrounded by schoolchildren (above) and students from Murmellius Gymnasium proudly presenting their financial gift (below) september 2015 - photo's by Mardy Maas