Stichting Herdenkingsstenen Amersfoort
Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Stichting Herdenkingsstenen Amersfoort is a foundation based in Amersfoort, Netherlands working on heritage, education.
The Stichting Herdenkingsstenen Amersfoort commemorates victims of the Nazi regime in the Second World War in Amersfoort, Netherlands. It places memorial stones at the last residences of Jewish victims and resistance fighters who were deported or murdered, and has laid over 414 stones. The foundation maintains and inspects the stones, runs educational programmes for schools, publishes a memorial book and is funded by donations and an ANBI-status tax-deductible structure. Its work is carried out by volunteers.
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Herdenkingsstenen (memorial stones)
ViewHeritage · Netherlands
Places memorial stones at the last homes of Amersfoort residents who were deported, murdered or persecuted by the Nazi regime, including Jewish victims and resistance fighters.
Lespakket (educational package)
ViewEducation · Netherlands
Educational package of eight lessons for schools on local WWII stories, including a walking tour of memorial stones, self-study, a guest lesson from an eyewitness and a film screening.
Herdenkingsboek (memorial book)
Heritage · Netherlands
Book with fifteen written portraits of victims from Amersfoort and a list of all names, marking the end of the stone-laying project.
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