Obj. ID: 25258
Memorials Holocaust plaque in Harderwijk, The Netherlands, 1995
To the main object: Synagogue in Harderwijk, The Netherlands
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Jews from Harderwijk killed in the Holocaust
Description
This grey granite plaque, set on an exterior wall of the Synagogue in Harderwijk, is a large rectangle with a U-shaped section removed from the upper left section. To the right of the U-shape is a short inscription, beneath which are two black granite plaques with the victims’ names and their yahrzeits.
Beneath the U-shape, a Magen David and the acronym תנצב"ה are engraved into the plaque.
Inscriptions
Above the plaques with names (Dutch)
Ter nagedachtenis aan hen die uit ons midden zijn weggerukt
Translation: In memory of those who have been snatched from our midst
Beneath the U-shape (Hebrew)
תנצב"ה
Translation: Acronym meaning “May their souls be gathered in the bundle of life”
Commissioned by
[to be determined]
sub-set tree:
van Agt, J.F., Edward van Voolen. Synagogen in Nederland (Hilversum: Gooi and Sticht, 1988)
van Voolen, Edward, Paul Meijer. Synagogen van Nederland (Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2006)