Tag: holocaust

• 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

• Outside London: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

  

    by Christina In Berlin, we went to see the Holocaust Memorial. It was raining as we arrived. The memorial is rows and rows of concrete blocks – they go back and back and back. They start off at knee height and as you walk further and further in they rise above your head and…

  irismacro

  October 19, 2015

  Jewish, Lost, Memorial, War

  berlin, germany, holocaust, Memorial, travel, world war 2, ww2