The Jewish teachers

It was here, at the end of 1940, that headmaster Van der Horst was instructed to dismiss two Jewish teachers: Jaap Cauveren, who taught classical languages, and Henri Hoek, who taught mathematics, physics and chemistry. The next morning, the pupils staged a protest in front of the school. With tears in their eyes and fists clenched, they refused to enter the building. Although Jewish teachers were dismissed across the country, protests at secondary schools were extremely rare, only two are known: one here in Doetinchem and one at the Vossius Gymnasium in Amsterdam. Headmaster Van der Horst was summoned to The Hague to account for his actions. He received only a reprimand. Both teachers were later deported to extermination camps, where they were murdered.