Memorial Plates Slotermeer Aat Breur-Hibma Bridge

This bridge spans the ring canal in the Slotermeer district and was named “Aat Breur-Hibma Bridge” in 2022. She was a gifted artist and was involved in forging identity cards and other documents early on in the war. Together with her husband Krijn Breur, she also took people in hiding into their home. In February 1943, they were arrested. Krijn Breur was executed and Aat ended up in Ravensbruck after passing through several prisons. There she made the famous drawings of her fellow prisoners, which were published in book form and are now kept in the Rijksmuseum. She barely survived the camp and after the war led a secluded life as an artist and art teacher. A brief account of her life story can be read on the information board placed near the bridge.

In Amsterdam, under the motto “Geef Straten een Gezicht” (Give Streets a Face), streets are being provided with panels bearing the portrait of the person after whom they are named, plus a brief biography. The aim is to give streets more personality. The initiator is Paul Fennis.

This is also the case in the Verzetsheldenbuurt (Resistance Heroes Neighbourhood) in Slotermeer.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Rick Hoogervorst