microrobert
02-11-2013, 06:29 PM
Dutch Nazi Transit Camp Town Says No to Holocaust Memorial Stones
Westerbork Town Claims Does It 'Enough' To Remember Shoah
The Dutch government has asked the European Commission to recognize the former Nazi transit camp Westerbork as a heritage site.
But the municipality in whose jurisdiction Westerbork lies, Midden-Drenthe, reportedly has rejected a plan to place memorial cobblestones in front of the homes of Holocaust victims - an ongoing project taking place in municipalities across Europe for the past 20 years.
The public broadcaster NOS quoted unnamed city officials as saying the municipality “does enough to commemorate the Holocaust already.”
Read more: http://forward.com/articles/170917/dutch-nazi-transit-camp-town-says-no-to-holocaust/#ixzz2KcVEe7cM
Westerbork Town Claims Does It 'Enough' To Remember Shoah
The Dutch government has asked the European Commission to recognize the former Nazi transit camp Westerbork as a heritage site.
But the municipality in whose jurisdiction Westerbork lies, Midden-Drenthe, reportedly has rejected a plan to place memorial cobblestones in front of the homes of Holocaust victims - an ongoing project taking place in municipalities across Europe for the past 20 years.
The public broadcaster NOS quoted unnamed city officials as saying the municipality “does enough to commemorate the Holocaust already.”
Read more: http://forward.com/articles/170917/dutch-nazi-transit-camp-town-says-no-to-holocaust/#ixzz2KcVEe7cM