Monument 'Leendert Pop'

The statue is in memory of the elderly who lived in the Jewish Pension Verdooner during the Second World War and were killed.
The statue was designed and made by artist Louise Schiffmacher from Teylingen. It was unveiled on March 28, 2024 on the waterfront.
During the Second World War, 39 Jewish residents lived at Weesperzijde 141. Leendert Pop (1859-1943) was one of them. He worked as a diamond cutter. At the age of 83, he was deported by the occupier, like all the other residents of the pension, and killed in an extermination camp.

The names on the monument:
Andries Ansel,
Judith Ansel,
Emanuel Cohen,
Leentje Gerritse-Plukker,
David Godschalk,
Hendrina Hamburger-van Rijn,
Meijer Hartlooper,
Judith Hes-Grijsaard,
Asser Koekoek,
Eva Kool,
Eduard Koperberg,
Bregje Lakmaker-Plukker,
Israël Leijden van Amstel,
Sara Lenson,
Rachel Monas-Delmonte,
Klara Mot-Ossendrijver,
Abraham Nunes Vas,
Eliazer Plas,
Simon Plukker,
Benjamin Polak,
Leendert Pop,
Hartog Presser,
Hermanus Rabbie,
Sientje Roodveldt,
Levie Speijer,
Meijer Swaab,
Salomon Swaab,
Alida Theijsen-Bromet,
Rebecca de Valença,
Moses Verdoner,
Salomon Verdooner,
Magtelt Verdooner-van Praag,
Naatje Vos-Smalhout,
Leentje de Vries-de Haan,
Samuel Waterman,
Maurits Wessel,
Levy de Wind,
Klara Zwaneweber-van Praag,
Jacob de Zwarte,
Ruben de Zwarte.