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It's not uncommon to have memorials in places where they are very much present in every day life, e.g.: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_verwoeste_stad https:/
by jeroen 4y ago
It's not uncommon to have memorials in places where they are very much present in every day life, e.g.:
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_verwoeste_stad https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_verwoeste_stad
A statue remembering the bombing of Rotterdam, in a busy place in the centre of Rotterdam.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagage_(Leiden) https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagage_(Leiden)
A monument in multiple pieces remembering deportation. Most of them are placed in residential areas, in full view of the people who live there.
- Freak_NL 4y agoThose are a lot more abstract though, placed in much more considerate locations (I have lived in Leiden myself), and not nearly as numerous. You can tell that a lot of thought went into the planning and realization of these. Having an actual name on it makes it a lot more personal (which is the intent after all), and having hundreds of them all over historic areas of any given town makes it a barrage rather than a subtle reminder.
- OJFord 4y agoTypically not sad things (they celebrate someone who achieved something(s) great) but in the UK one might live somewhere decorated by (literally on the exterior wall) a 'blue plaque'. I realise that's not quite the same, but a similar reminder of someone you don't necessarily want to be reminded of (albeit for probably completely different reasons) who 'lived here'.