The entire Saturday afternoon the Historical Center in Meppel opened its doors to people who still had items from the Second World War at home. The ‘Don’t throw away!’ campaign, in collaboration with the Drents Archief, attracted many people to the Sluisgracht. The highlight was the photo of Eli Wolff from Meppel, who was murdered at the age of 4.
“If this Between Art & Kitsch had been, if this man could immediately join the big table”, Jos Arends of the Drents Archief exults. The ‘Don’t Throw Away’ afternoon is less than half an hour old when Mr. Spritzer comes up with an absolute gem. by Eli Wolff The little boy was taken from Meppel and later murdered at the age of 4 in Auschwitz.
There is not much image of Wolff, but today a valuable photo has been added. The story that Mr. Spritzer manages to tell is bizarre. “My wife lived on that street and was 12 years old when the family were taken from their home,” he says. “A photo album was torn up outside and this photo fell out. My wife has always kept the original.”
The original picture was later restored and now – more than 80 years after the picture was taken – it ends up at the Historical Center in Meppel. “If you’re talking about ‘wanting to give all names a face’, then this is the example,” Arends thinks aloud. Wolff has a stumbling block elsewhere in Meppel.
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