The publication Loeki Metz and the Jewish Monument in Rotterdam is an essay written by Siebe Thissen about the development of the Jewish Monument in Rotterdam.
The Jewish Monument was produced in 1967 by artist Loeki Metz. The monument was the first reminder of Jewish victims of the Shoah in Rotterdam and concerned a gift from the Tribute of Honor to Jewish fellow citizens, who thereby apologized to the Jewish community. In his essay Loeki Metz and the Jewish Monument in Rotterdam Siebe Thissen describes the difficult realization of the monument, which he calls illustrative of the equally difficult way in which Rotterdam (and the Netherlands) dealt with returned Jews after the war. In this area of tension, the perseverance of the sculptor Loeki Metz commands admiration.
This publication was presented during the 20e edition of Z-Files, Art and the City which took place under the direction of Melanie Post-Van Ophem in the town hall, where it Jewish Monument is located under the arches, adjacent to the town hall garden. After contributions from Paul van de Laar (Museum Rotterdam), Frank van Gelderen (Foundation Loods 24 and Jewish Children's Monument), Rob Snijders (Jewish Heritage Rotterdam), Siebe Thissen (head of BKOR), Serge Metz (son of Loeki Metz) received the first copy of the book by Mayor Aboutaleb, who wrote the foreword.
Loeki Metz and the Jewish Monument in Rotterdam is for sale in our webshop, but can also be purchased at CBK Rotterdam (Eendrachtsstraat 10). Send an email in advance to n.post@bkor.nl. Other points of sale of the publication are TENT (Witte de Withstraat 50), bookshop Donner (Coolsingel 119), bookshop v / h Van Gennep (Oude Binnenweg 131b) and bookshop Snoek (Meent 126). The edition is limited!