Etty Hillesum Centre in Deventer
A monument to Hillesum is located in Deventer on the riverfront, and the local secondary school is named after her. There is also a modest museum dedicated to her memory. The Etty Hillesum Centre is housed at Roggestraat 3, Deventer, the location of a former synagogue and Jewish school. The Centre aims to pay attention to three themes: (i)(ii) Etty Hillesum’s life and works (iii) racism and discrimination. The Centre is to be a refuge where a wide range of activities are organised within the aims of the Foundation, such as lectures, workshops, guided tours of the Centre, a town walk along the sights and locations reminding of the lives and works of Deventer Jews, concerts, exhibitions – both permanent and changed twice a year. The Centre and the school co-operate closely on various projects. Students regularly contribute to exhibitions at the Centre and many of the school projects are developed in co-operation with volunteers. Apart from two regular workers forty volunteers support the work of the Centre.
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