The Holocaust Memorial of Names stirs up a lot of emotions in visitors. Visitors who often have direct family ties to the 102,000 people whose names are written on the stones. In the podcast ‘Every stone has a face’, war journalist Hans Jaap Melissen speaks with relatives, in different generations, of people who are mentioned on this monument. It is a moving and often poignant acquaintance with the bereaved and the grief they still have over the loss of their ancestor.
‘Every stone has a face’ is a podcast series by WNL for NPO Radio 1 and can be listened to via the well-known channels such as the Radio 1 website and Spotify.