Lotty's bench : the persecution of the Jews of Amsterdam remembered / Gerben Post.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Post, Gerben, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Monuments.

Jews.

Holocaust memorials.

Netherlands--Amsterdam.

Holocaust memorials--Netherlands--Amsterdam.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Amsterdam.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jews--Monuments--Netherlands--Amsterdam.

Monuments.

Veffer, Lotty, 1921-2018--Monuments--Netherlands--Amsterdam.

Veffer, Lotty.

Physical Description:

223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Volendam : LM Publishers, [2018]

Summary:

In 1940 about 140,000 Jews lived in the Netherlands. 80,000 of them lived in Amsterdam, about ten percent of the city's total population. More than 75 percent of them have been deported to concentration and extermination camps and killed there. In Amsterdam alone, more than eighty monuments have been established that have something to do with the persecution. In addition, there are many locations that tell a part of the story of the persecution of the Jews: buildings, squares and streets that were once the silent witnesses of the darkest page in the history of the city. In 95 short stories it becomes clear how inextricably the city of Amsterdam is still connected with the history of the persecution of its Jews. August 26, 1945: Lotty Veffer arrives in Amsterdam. She was the only one of her family to have survived the war. Her parents and sister Carla were murdered in Sobibor. There is no warm welcome and she is forced to spend her first night 'at home' in Amsterdam on a bench at the Apollolaan. In September 2017, the then 96-year-old Lotty was honored with her own monument, a bench on the spot where she spent that first night. It is just one of the many places that still remind us today of the persecution of the Jews.

Contents:

1 The Thirties p. 14

1 Lloyd Hotel p. 16

2 The Zuideinde house p. 18

3 Truus Wijsmuller-Meijer p. 20

2 Tensions rise p. 23

4 Alcazar p. 25

5 Waterlooplein p. 27

6 Koco ice cream parlor, Rijnstraat p. 29

7 Koco ice cream parlor, Van Woustraat p. 31

8 Jonas Daniël Meijerplein p. 32

3 The February strike p. 34

9 Noordermarkt p. 36

10 Strike!!! Strike!!! Strike!!! p. 38

11 The Dokwerker p. 40

4 'Forbidden for Jews' p. 42

12 Concertgebouw building p. 44

13 The Bijenkorf p. 45

14 Apollohal p. 47

15 Lippmann Rosenthal & Co. p. 49

16 Monument Nieuwe Passeerders-straat p. 51

17 Stadsschouwburg p. 53

18 Wertheimpark p. 55

19 W.H. Vlegenbos p. 57

20 Albert Cuyp market p. 59

21 Jewish market at the Waterlooplein p. 60

22 Jewish market at the Joubertstraat p. 61

23 Children's monument in the Gaaspstraat p. 62

5 Segregation in Education p. 63

24 Herman Elteschool p. 65

25 First Montessori School p. 66

26 Wilhelmina Catharinaschool p. 67

27 43 Children p. 68

28 J.C. Amman School for deaf children p. 69

29 Montessori Lyceum p. 71

30 Vossius Gymnasium (Latin school) p. 73

31 Barlaeus Gymnasium p. 74

32 Amsterdams Lyceum (High School) p. 75

33 Jewish Lyceum p. 76

6 The beginning of the deportations p. 78

34 Central Station p. 80

35 Monument for deported Jews p. 81

36 Jewish Council Headquarters p. 83

37 Hollandse Schouwburg p. 85

38 Hollandia Kattenburg p. 87

39 The world remained deaf p. 89

40 Municipal archives p. 91

41 Portuguese-Israelite Hospital p. 93

7 The healthcare institutions p. 95

42 Nieuwe Herengracht 33 p. 97

43 Memorial Dutch-Israelite boys' orphanage p. 99

44 Dutch-Israelite girls' orphanage p. 102

45 The Jewish Invalide p. 104

8 Going into hiding p. 106

46 Alcazar p. 108

47 Hiding photo p. 109

48 Transit address Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal p. 111

49 Artis p. 113

50 Walter Oettinger p. 115

51 't Mandje p. 117

52 Hiding place of Max Vogel p. 119

53 Saint George and the dragon p. 120

9 Anne Frank p. 123

54 The Frank family's apartment p. 126

55 Sixth Montessori School p. 128

56 Jewish Lyceum p. 130

57 Going into hiding p. 132

58 Van Pels family residence p. 134

59 Fritz Pfeffer's residence p. 136

60 The Secret Annex p. 138

61 Miep Gies's residence p. 140

62 National Institute for War Documentation p. 142

10 The Resistance p. 144

63 Attack on the resident registry p. 146

64 Walter Süskind Bridge p. 149

65 The school for teachers p. 151

66 Monument for Eli van Tijn p. 152

67 Plaque for Gerhard Badrian p. 153

68 CS-6 p. 155

69 Group 2000 temporary headquarters p. 156

70 Monument to Jewish resistance p. 158

11 Nazis and collaborators p. 160

71 NSB Headquarters p. 162

72 Amsterdam residence of Seyss-Inquart p. 164

73 Police station Linnaeusstraat p. 166

74 Police Battalion Amsterdam p. 168

75 Puls Moving Company p. 170

76 Kolonne Henneicke headquarters p. 172

77 Dentist's office of H.E.B. deJonge Cohen p. 174

78 Dries Riphagen's residence p. 175

79 Jeanne Valkenburg's residence p. 177

80 Decoy address Jekerstraat p. 179

81 Residence of Lodewijk Johan Strak p. 181

12 The final round-ups p. 183

82 Jewish Council Headquarters p. 185

83 Plaque Beethovenstraat p. 187

84 Polderweg p. 189

85 Monument Transvaal Quarter p. 191

86 Muiderpoort Station p. 193

13 After the war: return and remembering p. 195

87 Portuguese Synagogue p. 197

88 Central Station p. 198

89 Lotty's Benche p. 200

90 The Bureau OPK p. 203

91 National Monument at Dam Square p. 205

92 Monument at the Weesperstraat p. 207

93 Stolpersteine p. 209

94 Plaque for the Kok family and the Shadow Wall p. 210

95 Never again Auschwitz p. 212.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789460224997

9460224997

OCLC:

1088906571

Publisher Number:

99981094074