Children's monument

The monument commemorates the prohibition for Jewish children to be members of the playground and the period during which the playground was appropriated as a Market for Jews (November 3, 1941 - August 14, 1943).
No longer playing together
You are now standing in front of the Children's Monument. A monument is more than just a work of art. You should stand still for a moment at a monument. You should think for a moment. It reminds you of something.

With this monument, you must think of a terrible time. A time when Jewish children were no longer allowed to play with other children in the playground. Imagine if all the children who wear glasses are now not allowed to come to the playground. Your friend just happens to wear glasses. Then you cannot play together in the playground! Terrible, right!

No more going to the greengrocer and butcher
This monument also reminds you of another disaster. There were 17,000 Jews living in this neighborhood. They were no longer allowed to buy anything in a regular store. So no more going to the greengrocer or butcher. They could only buy something at the Market for Jews. The Nazis had taken the playground away from the people. It had to become a Market for Jews.

"That must have been fun, your own market," you might think. You would be completely wrong. Because the Nazis had a plan. "A market only for Jews." They wanted to gather all the Jews together. To capture them and take them away. To make them manufacture weapons in Germany and to imprison them in camps. If they could not work, they killed the Jews.

In this way, of the 17,000 Jews, 13,000 were murdered. You can hardly imagine that. Yet it happened. Such a thing should never happen again.

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Never again injustice
We must ensure that it never happens again. This monument helps with that. This monument was created by Truus Menger. Truus is a remarkable person. She would not tolerate the persecution of the Jews. She joined the resistance along with her friend Hannie Schaft. That was very dangerous. Her friend was arrested and shot dead. Truus survived. She created this monument for us. Truus should be an example for us.

Jos WRSM