Tag: Amsterdam

• Stumbling Stones

  

   My foot scuffed something. I was walking down the Kloveniersburgwal in Amsterdam in 2018 when something slightly tripped me over. I looked down and saw something shiny embedded into the pavement. There were small plaques, which stood slightly proud from the brickwork. They resembled brass beer coasters, so I knelt down for a closer look.…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  August 9, 2021

  Amsterdam, berlin, History, Jewish, LGBTQ, Lost, Memorial, Murder, Respect, War

  Amsterdam, berlin, community, Death, Europe, Grassroots, history, holocaust, Jewish, Memorial, Persecution, Public History, Remembrance, Second World War, Stumbling Stones

• Rust in Vrede: A Trip to Zorgvlied Cemetery

  

  Take a trip to an historic cemetery just outside central Amsterdam and see where peacocks and Dutch celebrities reside hand in hand I’m in Amsterdam once a month nowadays and like any good cemetery enthusiast, I’m loving the opportunity to explore another city’s past and its dead. I took a tram to Amsterdam RAI and…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  April 9, 2018

  Amsterdam, Architecture, Biography, History, Music, Photography, virtual, Visits

  Amsterdam, Boney M, Cemetery, Dutch, Garden, Graveyard, Hernan Brood, Music, review, Rijksmonuments, Zorgvlied