Memorial 'The Dream' Groningen

With these sculptures, Natasja Bennink (50) from Ezinge and fellow sculptor Gert Sennema (62) from Grijpskerk want to raise awareness of the Women's March of 1945, which is still unknown to many. The five sculptures symbolise the suffering of that time. They depict women in resistance and oppression. It could be the story of one woman or a group of women. And it is a journey from darkness to light, when they were released. But it is not all joy and happiness; for many, there was suffering and sadness upon their return home.

On the wall of the House of Detention in Groningen hangs a pillow with a sleeping woman's head under the name: the dream. It refers to the night, the dream of a better life, the dream of a better world. Of both the Reformed and the Communist women. But the pillow is made of stone. It is also about sleeping in strange places. About nightmares.

Read the story of the women's march at: - https://www.groningen4045.nl/75-verhalen/gem-westerkwartier-eindpunt-vrouwenmars

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Source

• Text: Bert Deelman
• Photos: Bert Deelman
• DOORN, I. VAN & SENNEMA, H., Vrouwenmars 1945, Stichting Vrouwenmars 1945, 2025.