May 4th is Memorial Day in The Netherlands.
The National Dachau monument is a memorial to the Dutch victims of the Dachau concentration camp. It is located in the Amsterdam Forest. The monument was designed by artist Niek Kemps.The road is uneven, which symbolizes that the prisoners had to walk on uneven footwear. In the blue stone are the names of 500 concentration camps and outside camps chiseled.
Part of #breakthesilence Projects
Screenings:
October 25-30 curated by Warsaw Jewish Film Festival as the result of SFC - Shoah Film Collection, a Virtual Memorial Warsaw 2012, dedicated to the victims of Warsaw Ghetto 1940-1943, collected by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne.
July 12-15 @ Meta House - Cambodia - CologneOFF 2012 presents A Virtual Memorial Phnom Penh, videoart in a global context. The event is standing under the motto The Freedom of Memory dedicated to the genocide in Cambodia 1975-1979
June 01-08 - A Virtual Memorial Riga 2012 - Shoah Film Collection - Commemorative Interventions is designed, organised, coordinated and curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne - copyright © 2012