De Dokwerker (The Docker) Statue - Inside City Hall, Toronto, Ontario
N 43° 39.203 W 079° 23.043
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De Dokwerker (The Docker) is a statue found inside Toronto City Hall's main concourse that was presented by the mayor of Amsterdam. It commemorates an act of defiance against the Nazi's persecution of Jews.
Waymark Code: WMM551
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/23/2014
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De Dokwerker (The Docker) is a statue found inside Toronto City Hall's main concourse that was presented by the mayor of Amsterdam. It commemorates an act of defiance against the Nazi's persecution of Jews.
The text on the statue reads:
DE DOKWERKER (THE DOCKER)
MARI ANDRIESSEN (1932)
FEBRUARY STRIKE 1941
AN ACT OF DEFIANCE BY THE PEOPLE OF AMSTERDAM
AGAINST THE PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS
BY THE GERMAN FORCES OF OCCUPATION
PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR OF AMSTERDAM, ED VAN THUN
ON 1 NOVEMBER 1989
CITY OF TORONTO ARCHIVES FINE ART COLLECTION
This statue is a scale model of the original that is located in Amsterdam. The statue commemorates the first direct action undertaken against the anti-Jewish measures of the Nazis in occupied Europe, and it was carried out by non-Jews. This original was made by Dutch sculptor Mari Andriessen. More information can be found at (
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