microrobert
08-16-2012, 12:19 PM
Antwerp mayor announces new monument naming city’s Shoah victims
The mayor of Antwerp announced plans to build a monument to commemorate every Antwerp Jew murdered in the Holocaust.
"It is unacceptable that unlike other European cities, the municipality of Antwerp has never erected a single monument in memory of the history" of the Holocaust, Mayor Patrick Janssens said on Wednseday.
The city's only monument to the Holocaust was the initiative of the Forum of Jewish Organizations, which represents Flemish Jews, Janssens said.
Speaking at a commemoration ceremony at city hall, Janssens announced plans to erect a monument and engrave into it the name of every Antwerp Jew known to have been murdered in the Holocaust.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/08/16/3104181/antwerp-mayor-announces-new-monument-naming-all-of-the-citys-shoah-victims
The mayor of Antwerp announced plans to build a monument to commemorate every Antwerp Jew murdered in the Holocaust.
"It is unacceptable that unlike other European cities, the municipality of Antwerp has never erected a single monument in memory of the history" of the Holocaust, Mayor Patrick Janssens said on Wednseday.
The city's only monument to the Holocaust was the initiative of the Forum of Jewish Organizations, which represents Flemish Jews, Janssens said.
Speaking at a commemoration ceremony at city hall, Janssens announced plans to erect a monument and engrave into it the name of every Antwerp Jew known to have been murdered in the Holocaust.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/08/16/3104181/antwerp-mayor-announces-new-monument-naming-all-of-the-citys-shoah-victims