AS IT IIS BREKT as it iis brekt safolle en ik wit it net mear, mar skerpe redens ride my tebek, tebek skuorren yn de tsjustere iisbaan fan myn doetiid: it read op de muorre do hiest neitocht oer hoe’t wy ferdele koenen, de wrâld in better plak april kaam rûzich, de hynsteblommen waarden dwylsinnich myn fingerseinen op dyn hûd in pear nachten waard ik dy stjer op sterk iis gjin man gjin frou mar fierder en ja, hillich skreaust hjoed lis ik myn hert del tusken stof en tiid ik sjoch hoe’t fjoer en woastenij op ‘t heden oeral wenje dat de wite mannen op it plein alle dagen oarlochje boartsje dat bern dêr de revolúsje ferklearre hawwe oan har eigen tiid en myn triennen net mear ophâlde kinne ferdomme, ik tink oan dyn hannen as it iis brekt
The grave monument in Gytsjerkwas erected in memory of Maria v/d Heuij. Maria was one of seventy evacuees from Arnhem and Limburg who arrived in Gytsjerk on 22 January 1945. Maria died a day later, just a few months old. The harsh conditions during the trip had proved fatal to her. Maria did not live to see the liberation. Fortunately, many of the other evacuees with whom she undertook the journey did.
Symbolism
The monument's spiritual father, artist Klaas Bokma, chose two carts because this was the means of transport often used by evacuees. The four withered trees symbolise death. The cross is not only a symbol of the Christian faith, but also a reminder of the sacrifice made by war victims for a life of freedom.
The oldest pupils of Ichtus and Thrimwalda primary schools take care of this monument.