Remnants of War in the Transvaal Neighborhood in Leiden
World War II may have ended a long time ago, but it has left traces that are still visible today, almost 80 years later. Those traces are not always easy to find, and can be encountered in unexpected places. This is exactly the case in the Transvaal neighborhood in Leiden. In this neighborhood, just outside the old city center, there is a very special and surprising remnant of the war, and with that remnant a number of untold war memories. Begin this story and discover the history of war that is hidden in Transvaal!
A story by Danielle van Goethem. As part of Wie maakt geschiedenis? Lokale, koloniale & wereldgeschiedenis in de Leidse Transvaalbuurt 1860-2020 at Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities. Translations by Frank van den Boom. Supervised by Ariadne Schmidt, Alicia Schrikker.