In Memoriam

This free exhibition sees Amsterdam's City Archives return the voices and stories to the 18,000 children that were deported and murdered between 1942 and 1945.

Names and photographs

The exhibition is based on the publication In Memoriam, The Deportation and Murder of Jewish, Roma and Sinti children, 1942 - 1945 and consists of three parts. The names of all the 18,000 children who were deported and murdered can be seen on the glass panels in the exhibition area. In the main hall of the City Archives, a 70-metre-long table, divided into four sections, displays the photographs of 2,900 children.

Stories

The stories of the children that fell victim to the Nazis are often pushed to the background. Instead, the primary aim of the exhibition is to make these children 'visible' again, and to thereby help to restore their identity. The story of fifteen of the children is told in the exhibition area, where there is a display of personal belongings of some of the children, as well as documents such as the transport lists and the cards of the Jewish Council, family cards and reports of stolen bicycles.