Jewish Monument Zuidlaren

The Jewish monument was erected in memory of the fifteen Jewish fellow citizens who died in the Auschwitz and Sobibor concentration camps during the Second World War.

On the left side of the plate is the text:

MOSES M. COHEN AUSCHWITZ 1942 54 YEARS
SOPHIA COHEN-MEIJER AUSCHWITZ 1942 48 YEARS
SALOMON B. COHEN SOBIBOR 1943 23 YEARS
GERDA H. COHEN AUSCHWITZ 1942 17 YEARS

ISAAC VAN DAM AUSCHWITZ 1942 49 YEARS
EVA VAN DAM-NATHANS AUSCHWITZ 1942 49 YEARS
MARTIN B. VAN DAM GROSS-ROSEN 1945 23 YEARS
SIEMON M. VAN DAM AUSCHWITZ 1942 20 YEARS
BERNARD M. VAN DAM AUSCHWITZ 1942 10 YEARS

JAKOB VAN DAM AUSCHWITZ 1942 57 YEARS
ANNA VAN DAM-NATHANS AUSCHWITZ 1942 43 YEARS

ISRAEL JOSTEN AUSCHWITZ 1942 67 YEARS
EVA JOSTEN-GANS AUSCHWITZ 1942 62 YEARS
MARTHA JOSTEN AUSCHWITZ 1942 22 YEARS

BETJE POLAK AUSCHWITZ 1942 29 YEARS.'

On the right side of the plate is a handwritten text:

DEAR JAN AND ROELIE,
WE'RE ON THE TRAIN AND
GO VERY FAR AWAY. UNTIL
SEE YOU GUYS.
GREETINGS FROM PA & MOE
X BOYS
BERNARD.

Below is a text from the Old Testament:

THEREFORE OUR HEART IS MATTE; FOR THESE THINGS
HAVE OUR EYES BECOME DARK
Lamentations 5:17