Students Jozefschool open WWII exhibit at Wassenaar library

A special exhibition about World War II opened in the Wassenaar library on Thursday morning, April 17. The exhibition was put together by pupils of the Jozefschool, who have been working on various pieces of work about this dramatic period in history over the past few weeks. The official opening was performed by the mayor of Wassenaar, who cut the ribbon together with the children.

Together with students from the Jozef School, Mayor De Lange opened the exhibition at the library.

Importance of remembrance

The exhibit displays multiple subjects, including miniatures of Radio Oranje, The Secret Annex, a concentration camp, the atomic bomb, the D-Day landing and food drops. Also on display are voucher books, tulip bulbs and objects referring to daily life during wartime. After the opening, the mayor engaged the students in conversation about the importance of remembering and continuing to share knowledge about what happened during the war. "Especially your generation plays an important role in keeping these stories alive," Mayor Leendert de Lange emphasized. "Because if we don't keep telling, we forget."

Also special is the attention the students paid to the war in the Dutch East Indies. One of the teachers explained, "That is the piece of history we learned about that we as the Netherlands are not proud of." The exhibition will be on display at the Wassenaar library for the coming period. Visitors are cordially invited to come see the students' works and reflect on the past.

The children and the mayor in conversation about the importance of remembering and continuing to share knowledge about what happened in the war.
Work pieces created by students of the Joseph School about World War II.