Memorial Leon Jessel
The plaque commemorates the famour operette-composer Leon Jessel. He was of Jewish ancestry and lived here. Because of a letter found in his house, he was arrested on 15 December 1941.
On 4 January 1942, he died due to heavy torturing by the Gestapo.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons
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