Martijn Docters tells the impressive story of his murdered Jewish cousins ​​Edo and Lexje Hornemann on Saturday 30 April in Pand P in Eindhoven. In 1945 they were murdered by the Nazis after undergoing horrific medical experiments in the cellars of an abandoned school building in Hamburg. They were only 12 and 8 years old. A story that should never be forgotten…
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Discrimination, anti-Semitism and dehumanization
Mattijs's story is relevant for young and old. 'Besides telling about the past, I also link to today. Think of discrimination, anti-Semitism, dehumanization and the importance of freedom, democracy and equal rights. Topics that are also very topical today and about which I will discuss with the public afterwards', says Martijn.

The Hornemann House
In addition to being a guest speaker at After the War, Martijn is the founder of the Hornemann House, which is currently under development. “It will be a place where the history of the Hornemann family comes to life through photos, personal stories and guest lectures. In addition, you are faced with the same dilemmas that the family - and with them many other families - faced during the war', says Martijn. We hope to be able to welcome the first visitors here soon.
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Edo and Lexje Hornemann,
a Nazi experiment on Jewish children (10+)

• Narrator: Martijn Docters
• Writer/director: Sara-Joan van der Kallen
• Photography: Frank van Delft
• Film: Noël van Rens
• Production: After the War

​Saturday April 30th, 8.30 pm
Pand P, Leenderweg 65, Eindhoven.

Tickets cost € 10.00 and are available via www.parktheater.nl

Provided in part by Culture Eindhoven< /span> and the DELA Fund.
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View the mini- documentary with Martijn Docters.

On Wednesday May 4th, Yasmin Richards tells the impressive story in Pantalone to her grandfather Maurits Jacob Vles, who wrote a satirical chronicle about Hitler and as a result ends up in prison in Cologne. Maurits is tortured and eventually released. Then Yasmin's grandfather goes into hiding. Then he is betrayed. But thanks to a clever plan and a dose of luck, Maurits manages to escape from Westerbork transit camp…
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Don Quixote of Munich
After her story, Yasmin will talk to the audience about topics such as racism, discrimination, tolerance and freedom of expression. My grandfather was arrested for exercising the right to freedom of expression when he wrote his book Don Quixote of Munich (1933). This right disappeared under the Nazis and that is one of the reasons why the rule of law no longer functioned.' The central question that Yasmin always asks after the end of her story is: can and may you say anything you want?
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Maurits Vles, a writer in resistance (10+)

• Narrator: Yasmin Richards
• Musical accompaniment on guitar: Levi Richards
• Writer/director: Sarah van der Vlerk
• Photography: Mijke Bos
• Film: Noël van Rens
• Production: After the War

Wednesday May 4th, 8.30 pm
Pantalone, Linnaeusweg 5 in IJsselstein.
Tickets cost € 9.00 / € 4.50 (Upas) and are available via www.theaterpantalone.nl.

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View the mini- documentary with Yasmin Richards.

Judith tells her story in Perdu in Amsterdam in a theatrical and interactive way on Wednesday evening May 4th. Together with the public, she commemorates the Second World War and shares her impressive family history. Judith's mother was Betty Oudkerk, a child care worker in resistance. The Jewish Betty, together with two other nurses, rescues 600 children from the crèche opposite the Hollandsche Schouwburg. But how can someone who has shown so much guts find it so difficult to be proud? A special story about courage and resistance.
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After several times as a guest speaker in front of the class, Judith now takes the stage as a storyteller to share her family history with a wide audience. Judith: “There is still so much exclusion and hurt in the world. And that is what drives me to tell the story about my mother. This should never happen again.' ​
Betty Oudkerk,
a childcare worker in resistance (10+)

• Narrator: Judith Goudsmit
• Writer/director: Jelle Zijlstra
• Photography: Mijke Bos
• Film: Noël van Rens
• Production: After the War​

Wednesday May 4th, 19.45 Theater Perdu, Kloveniersburgwal 86 in Amsterdam.
Tickets for the performance cost € 10.00 and are available via www.perdu.nl.
Stadspas, CJP holders and students receive a € 3.00 discount.

Powered by Maison de Bonneterie and B'nai B'rith Loge Hilleel.
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View the mini- documentary with Judith Goudsmit.

On Wednesday evening May 4th, Robert will play on his father's violin in the Synagogue in Delft the exciting, but also tragic story of his Jewish parents who survived the Holocaust. Robert is musically assisted (clarinet, violin and cello) by three members of the Residentie Orkest Den Haag. Together with the public, he commemorates the Second World War. After the Remembrance Day, he shares his impressive family story as a musical narrator.

Impressive family story
“How can you be so crazy about trains after all you went through in the war?” Robert's father was sometimes asked that after he was deported by train to Camp Westerbork and from there to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Finally, to survive the last transport of the Nazis, which stranded at Tröbitz. Robert also tells about his mother, who went into hiding during the first years of the war. Later, she finds the courage to work as a nurse with a false diploma in a hospital run by the Nazis. An impressive family story that manages to touch visitors (musically).
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Robert Thousand + Residentie Orkest
Because they were Jewish... (10+)

• Narrator: Robert Thousand
• Writer/director: Deborah Lens
• Musicians: Three members of the Residentie Orkest
• Composition and arrangement: Bob Zimmerman and Dave Herman
• Photography: Mijke Bos
• Film: Noël van Rens
• Production: After the War

Wednesday May 4th, 9 pm, Synagogue Delft, Koornmarkt 12, Delft
Admission is free, registration required via this link.
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Made possible by NS< /a> and Prince Bernhard Cultuurfonds.
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View the mini-documentary with Robert Thousand.