On Friday March 27, it will be eighty-three years since the Amsterdam population register was set on fire in a resistance attack. Twelve members of the resistance involved were later executed.

On this day at 11:00, we will commemorate them with a short ceremony at the memorial plaque at Plantage Kerklaan 36.

Baukje Brugman will address those present. She is the great-niece of Sjoerd Bakker, the tailor who provided the attackers with police uniforms. He went into hiding after the attack, but was later arrested and executed.

After the ceremony, there will be an opportunity to have coffee and tea together at the Dutch Resistance Museum, where a small exhibition with recent acquisitions related to the attack will also be on display.

💡 About the attack
In the night of March 27, 1943, a resistance group led by Gerrit van der Veen and Willem Arondéus carried out an attack on the Amsterdam population register. Their aim was to destroy personal records and disrupt the German occupation’s efforts to track Jews, resistance members and people for forced labour.

Although not all records were destroyed and many of those involved were arrested and executed, the attack became an important symbol of resistance.

📅 Friday March 27
🕚 11:00
📍 Memorial plaque, Plantage Kerklaan 36