Memorial Plates Henriëtte Pimentel Bridge

There are 1900 bridges in Amsterdam. A number of bridges have been named in appreciation and remembrance of a resistance fighter.

On April 19, 2022, bridge 265 received its new name: Henriette Pimentel Bridge, named after Henriette Pimentel. Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam performed the opening ceremony.

During World War II, Henriette Pimentel became one of the key figures in a heroic plan that saved the lives of some 500 to 800 Jewish children. She did this along with Walter Süskind, Johan van Hulst and Felix Halverstad, among others, Henriëtte Pimentel was director of a nursery located opposite the Hollandsche Schouwburg.

On both sides of the bridge is a plaque bricked in with the text:

`Henriette Pimentel was director of the crèche
opposite the Hollandsche Schouwburg and played
a main role during the Second World War in the rescue
Jewish children who escaped deportation.
deportation.

"He who saves one person saves a whole world."

Moshe Malmonides, Mishne Torah.

The Henriette Pimentel Bridge was originally located in the extension of Burg. Elias Street. This bridge is now named after Mientje ten Dam.

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Source

• Text: Dick de Bruijne
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne (1, 2, 3), Rick Hoogervorst (4, 5)