Stemmen van de Razzia

For the foundations “De Zoek naar Schittering” and “Reis van de Razzia” a film was made about the raid of Rotterdam and specifically about the Sluisjesdijk assembly point. For the film, which consists of 6 separate chapters, the testimonies of Nelis Bakker, Bastiaan Diepenhorst, Tijmen van Veen and Leendert Hordijk with Sietske de Hoop were used. On the Sluisjesdijk in Charlois, a RET bus garage was put into use after the war. A facade text and a panel are now being placed there to mark and commemorate this history. On November 9, the exhibition ‘Voices of the raid’ and a series of activities will start in the Dokhuis in Rotterdam, which can be visited until December 1 2024. The project was initiated by Fenneke Hordijk, daughter of Leendert. See also: www.verhaalvanmijnvader.nl


Friends in a Cold Climate now in the Journal for Oral History


The project “Friends in a Cold Climate”, about city twinning and youth exchanges in the turbulent 60s and 70s, is described in detail in the Oral History Journal Autumn 2024 vol. 52. The city of Schiedam once participated in these international exchanges. Perhaps an idea to pick up the old idea again to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the municipality of Schiedam? It may also be relevant for the future, looking at the divisions in Europe. Historian Timothy Snyder indeed describes a method in “On Freedom” that seems to connect with what happened then in the 60s/70s. Boomers overturned the existing social relations. See also the interviews: https://ssh.datastations.nl/dataverse/root/?q=friends+cold