With the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau this week, and the opportunity of return for many Palestinians to North Gaza with the current ceasefire in place, it felt a fitting time to share a very moving crystal planting I actioned on our trip to Amsterdam last Autumn.
On our third day there we visited the National Holocaust Memorial which stands where the stage once was at De Hollandsche Schouwburg. This was once a thriving Dutch theatre but early in the second world war was deemed by the occupying Nazis to be a ‘Jewish' theatre and then subsequently turned into the main assembly point for Jewish people in Amsterdam awaiting deportation to the concentration camps. The stories of suffering connected with this site are heartbreaking and many held there never returned. After the war the site fell into disrepair but in 1962 it was dedicated as a general memorial site and after renovations in the early nineties now incorporates a powerful exhibition telling its history as well as the Memorial itself.
I was prompted to place two different crystals on our visit. Firstly a Rose heart of Light to bring peace and healing to the land buildings, all once held there, and all now visiting. This crystal was placed to the base of the memorial itself where others had left various items in memory of those held there.
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| Rose Heart of Light to the Memorial plinth |
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| Looking down to the Memorial |
Secondly a Rose Aura was placed centrally to the base of a tree to the garden area behind the Memorial as an anchor of heart connection to the site and all visiting or connected to it.
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| Rose aura before planting |
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| Garden area to the rear of the memorial |
It is a powerful place to visit, reflect deeply on our own lives, and remember in our hearts that we are all truly one.
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