On September 3 rd 2021 the Mayor of The Hague mr Jan van Zanen paid a visit to the cemetery; pictured standing left in keppel by the gravestones of mr and mrs Jozef Israëls (famous painter), with members of the Board.

The remaining work days (all Sundays) for this year are: August 22nd, September 26th, and October 24th. Our winter break is from November until the end of March.

• See also: Volunteers Agenda 2022

Please sign up beforehand: annedfhotmail.com
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Sunday August 16 2020; Rotarians from Rotary The Hague-Kijkduin reinforced by volunteer Haagse Hofdame gardeners cleared the grounds from stinging nettle roots and large numbers of seedlings threatening to overgrow gravestones.
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*CANCELLED due to coronavirus crisis*
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In the summer of 2020 Gilde Den Haag has started providing guided tours over the cemetary; see Visits

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Picture above: field 35 before mowing Picture below: field 35 after mowing (August 2019)

Once a year mowing is carried out to such an extend that the soil remains as poor as possible.
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President Barak Obama greets Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, third from right, and Dr. Burton Richter, right, May 7, 2012. By Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.
In 2012, President Barak Obama announced that Burton Richter was a co-recipient of the Enrico Fermi Award, along with Mildred Dresselhaus.

The American MIT professor emerita Mildred Dresselhaus-Spiewak (Malka Sjeindel) discovered the grave of her grandmother Sjeindel Teichtheil in the Register on our website.
And so Mildred Dresselhaus travelled to Holland, shortly before her demise, accompanied by her granddaughter and was able to visit her grandmother’s grave on this cemetary.

The gravestone of Sjeindel Teichtheil

For more including the English translation of the gravestone, read along…
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