1950
|
The Hollandsche Schouwburg becomes the property of the
municipality of Amsterdam, following the gift from the Comité
Hollandsche Schouwburg. On condition that it not be used for
'entertainment' and that a memorial chapel, or Chapelle
Ardente, be installed
|
|
1952-1958
|
The municipal council proposes various purposes for the
Hollandsche Schouwburg. One proposal is to set up a Netherlands
Institute for War Documentation (RIOD, later NIOD) in the building.
Other possibilities were to use it as a Jewish Cultural Centre, or
a memorial centre for Anne Frank.
|
|
1958
|
At a meeting of the muicipal council it is decided to
furnish the Hollandsche Schouwburg as a place of memorial for Jews
who were deported from the Netherlands and killed.
|
|
1962
|
The Hollandsche Schouwburg, now a memorial site, is officially
unveiled by mayor van Hall of Amsterdam.
|
|
1963
|
The text 'Voormalige Hollandsche Schouwburg.
Herdenkingsplaats van de in 1940-1945 gevallen Joodsche
landgenoten' (Former Hollandsche Schouwburg. Memorial for the
fallen Dutch Jews), engraved on the memorial wall at the back of
the building, arouses cosiderable protest. Many object to the use
of the word 'fallen'.
|
|
1965
|
Presentation in the Hollandsche Schouwburg of the book
Ondergang, (published in English as Ashes in the
wind ) which was to become a standard history of the
persecution of Jews in the Netherlands, written by the Dutch
historian Jacques Presser.
|
|
1966
|
The text on the memorial wall at the back of the building is
changed. It now reads: 'Ter herinnering aan hen die van hier
werden weggevoerd' (In memory of those who were taken from
this place).
|
|
1988
|
Wreaths of flowers placed at the monument on Dutch Remembrance
Day, the fourth of May, are stolen.
|
|
1992
|
The Jewish Historical Museum is appointed curator of
the Hollandsche Schouwburg. The Hollandsche Schouwburg will now
fulfil a double function: both memorial site for survivors and
relatives and educational monument for school
students.
|
|
1993
|
Mayor Ed van Thijn of Amsterdam lights the eternal
flame in the new memorial chapel. A permanent exhibition with
special educational goals is mounted in the Hollandsche
Schouwburg.
|
|
2001
|
Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander visits the Hollandsche
Schouwburg together with his then fiancée, Máxima Zorreguieta.
|
|
2003
|
The Hollandsche Schouwburg spreads its message further.
A wider public is reached, including those not directly involved in
the persecution of the Jews, by new teaching programmes and this
website.
|
|
2005
|
The first presentation of Gevangen
Gezichten opens in the entrance hall of
the Hollandsche Schouwburg.
|
|
2006
|
On the courtyard the exhibition Geroofd, maar van
wie? is installed in a temporary house of
glass.
|
|
2007
|
The Hollandsche Schouwburg welcomes 40.000 visitors in
one year.
|
|
2010
|
The integration of the Digital Monument and present Wall
of Remembrance at the Hollandsche Schouwburg is being achieved
with the use of an ikPod with which visitors can 'read'
the wall.
Renewed website Hollandsche Schouwburg online.
|
|
|
