Kaatje (Kitty) de Wijze came to Nijmegan with the rest of her family in 1932. A little more than 10 years later, she and sister Joke were arrested by the Nazi occupiers, and sent to Westerbrook. From there, they were sent to Auschwitz within a month, and promptly murdered there.
A relative who escaped execution led the effort to make sure that people like Kitty who were killed in the Holocaust won't be forgotten. The photo takes a look at the little plaza near the shopping idstrict called Kitty de Wijzeplaats. By the way, she is shown bent toward the Jewish Synagogue.
The names of all 449 Jewish victims from Nijmegen are on a wall nearby.
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