the Mayor, Ahmed Aboutaleb, the inhabitants of Rotterdam and the Holocaustoverlevende by Ronald E. Waterman, were Monday evening at the Holocaustslachtoffer and 75 degree of freedom in the lichtmonument on the Eve Cohen-Hartogkade in Rotterdam, the netherlands.
as The doors open, it was from 18: 30 to 19: 00. Between 19: 00 and 19: 45, there were speeches by the mayor, and the Waterman, who, as a child of the concentration camp Terezin survive. Rotterdam-based children’s put next to a stone near the monument.
In the context of the 75 years of freedom, designed by artist Daan Roosegaarde at the behest of the National Committee 4 and 5 may, the memorial was created. The work consists of 104.000 stones, corresponding to the number of Jews, Roma and Sinti who were victims of the Holocaust. The monument was established on January 16, presented in Rotterdam, and after that, in sections, spread out over more than 150 Dutch municipalities.
The next time it will be lichtmonument on a tour of the various Rotterdam’s schools, and to be a part of the school curriculum on the Holocaust.