ABSTRACT
It was a subdued gathering. On 4 May 1962 the Hollandsche Schouwburg was officially opened as a monument to the expulsion of Jews from Dutch society. That marked the end of a long and sometimes painful search for a suitable function for the place from which, between 20 July 1942 and 29 November 1943, more than 46,000 Jews were sent to Westerbork, with the concentration camps as their final destination.
