Category:De Levenspoort

**De Levenspoort**
	Holocaust memorial in Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Instance of	war memorial; sculpture;
Commemorates	civilian casualty;
Genre	public art;
Location	Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Street address	Walstraat, Wageningen (Wageningen), Gelderland, Nederland;
Located on street	Walstraat;
Inception	4 May 2000;
Date of official opening	5 May 2000;
	51° 57′ 54.53″ N, 5° 39′ 35.48″ E
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Object location	51° 57′ 54.51″ N, 5° 39′ 35.54″ E	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	51.965142; 5.659872

Description

English: De Levenspoort (The Arch of Life), bronze memorial sculpture by Yetty Elzas. In remembrance of the 71 Jewish citizens of Wageningen and surroundings, deported and murdered during the years 1940-1945. Located on Walstraat, "approximately opposite from where Wageningen's synagogue" was until May 1940. The inscription on the base, in Hebrew and Dutch, is from Ruth (4:10): "...so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village."

Nederlands: De Levenspoort van Yetty Elzas. Ter nagedachtenis aan de 71 Joodse burgers uit Wageningen en omgeving die tijdens de jaren 1940-1945 werden gedeporteerd en omgebracht. Walstraat, Wageningen NL
tekst: ZO ZAL DE NAAM VAN DE GESTORVENE NIET UITGEROEID WORDEN UIT DE POORT ZIJNER WOONPLAATS

This is a category about a war memorial in the Netherlands, number:

2936

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