[Leica] Auschwitz commemoration in Amsterdam

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

I does not look like exciting theatre, but clearly very moving and 
important. Thanks for sharing
On 23/01/2005, at 10:01 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Approximately 102,000 Dutch Jews died in Auschwitz. As part of the 
> commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the camp on 
> 27th January, the Dutch Auschwitz committee has organized a reading of 
> all the Dutch victims' names. The reading is done by volunteers, each 
> of whom reads about 50-100 names and the age at which the person died. 
> It started Friday evening and will continue until Thursday the 27th. 
> The reading takes place at the Verzetmuseum in Amsterdam until Tuesday 
> (I think) and moves on to Kamp Westerbork for the last couple of days.
>
> I went to Amsterdam early this morning to see a bit of the reading. It 
> is quite an emotional experience, both for the readers and for the 
> audience. The names are read in alphabetical order, they were doing 
> the E's when I was there. With permission of the organizers, I took a 
> few pictures:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexauschwitz.html
>
> I would highly recommend to the Dutch LUGgers to make time and visit 
> the  reading. It goes on 24 hours a day, so it should be possible to 
> find a few minutes...
>
> Nathan
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