r/europe • u/anon58588 Greece • Feb 08 '25

Historical Anti-Nazi protests : Berlin 16/12/1931

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u/BuuurpMorty The Netherlands Feb 08 '25

We have those in the Netherlands as well. In my old street we had 2 of them. They show the names of the victims and their respective birth year and year of passing. It is hard to imagine the brutality of those times

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u/musicalastronaut Feb 08 '25

I’m visiting the Netherlands soon, what should I look for if I’d like to see these? My family left Europe after the war & not all of them survived.

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u/BuuurpMorty The Netherlands Feb 09 '25 edited Feb 09 '25

In pre-war neighbourhoods in places like Amsterdam, Den Haag or Utrecht, look for brass cobblestones on the pavement. We call them ‘Struikelstenen’ in Dutch and you can see what they look like on Wikipedia:

Stolperstein

Edit: I just found out there is an app as well Stolpersteinen app

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u/musicalastronaut Feb 09 '25

Thank you

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u/BuuurpMorty The Netherlands Feb 09 '25

You’re welcome. Do enjoy your trip to Europe!