Benoordenhout neighborhood
Stolpersteine Cleaning
Memorial blocks, also known as "stolpersteine" or "stumbling stones," are brass plates placed in the sidewalk in front of the homes of victims of the Nazis.
More than 70,000 memorial blocks are laid in more than 1,200 cities and towns across Europe and Russia, each one commemorating a victim outside their last-known freely chosen residence. The stones represent a new vision of urban remembrance. The inscription on each stone begins “Here lived,” followed by the victim’s name, date of birth, and fate: internment, suicide, exile, or, in the vast majority of cases, deportation and murder. Together, the Stolpersteine now constitutes the largest decentralized monument in the world. There are a total of 539 in The Hague as of June 2024.
We will meet at the clubhouse to review how to clean the stolpersteines. Everyone will then be divided into groups of 2 or 3 and each group will be given a cleaning kit and be assigned an address in the Benoordenhout neighborhood to go to.
When: Friday, October 25
Time: 10:30am
Where: AWC Clubhouse
Please note: When you register, please let me know if you can bike or walk to the addresses. This will help me plan to assign who can bike to addresses further away and who needs to walk to ones closer.
Please watch this short video before coming to the cleaning event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNGdYR9_P0o
Registration opens: Tuesday, September 24
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: Monday, October 21
Maximum number of participants: 25
Contact Jennifer Sturgeon at community@awcthehague.org or call 0616-127072.
Not able to make the event, but you want to see where stumbling stones are in your neighborhood? You can click on this link on your computer (need a bigger screen) to find the map with all stumbling stones listed (you do not have to download the app). You can also watch the video listed above to to learn more about the memorial.
