Open Jewish Houses | Houses of Resistance

On Saturday, May 2, the stories of Jews and members of the resistance who lived and worked in the inner city of Sneek will be told at four locations. People who -in a manner of speaking- could have been your neighbors.

Public Library, Wijde Noorderhorne 1
11 a.m., noon
Matthijs Graafland talks about the Jewish physician Leopold Herzberger, initiator of the founding of this library, and about the synagogue that stood on Wijde Burgstraat and was demolished after the war.

Fries Scheepvaart Museum, Kleinzand 16
11:00, 12:00 and 13:00.
Sietse Wierda tells about the price the Lever resistance family paid for their brave choices.

Mennonite Church, Singel 28
12 p.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.
John Ebink tells how Jewish children, including Fred van Vliet, were given shelter in Sneek through this church.

Parking lot at former Café Vellinga, Korte Veemarktstraat 10
11.00, 13.00 and 14.00 hrs.
Ymo Sinnema tells the story of Jacob and Erna Pino and their little daughter Mechgelien who ran their café and hotel here.

About Open Jewish Houses | Houses of Resistance

Open Jewish Homes | Houses of Resistance is an annual program of memorial events in homes, stores, schools and other places where Jews and resistance fighters lived and worked during World War II.

In living rooms, in the attic, behind counters and between sliding doors, you will meet victims, survivors and resistance fighters. Who were they? How did they live? Where did they hide? And what became of them? With the dwindling number of living eyewitnesses, the urgency of sharing these stories is growing.