Ode to Mieke Krijger | Mieke is my heroine

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Mieke keeps alive the memory of the fate and disadvantaged position of the working-class women of Amsterdam's Jordaan neighborhood.

As a young woman, Mieke came to Amsterdam as a student. To this day she is tireless in her struggle to keep the fate of the women and the sad events of the past from falling into oblivion. For this she founded, among other things, The Jordaan Museum. Issues such as famine, malnutrition, the rich multitude of children and equally sadly poor and unhealthy “housing. The many illnesses and abuses that arose as a result were registered at the time by the municipality and are now visible through the Jordaan Museum. As were the eel riot and the potato uprising of 1917. And also the march of the army with armored cars in the thirties in which many Jordanians died. Out of inequality, the abuse of young working-class girls with “service” in the stately and luxurious properties. Sometimes these vulnerable and often very young girls were even sexually assaulted. Mieke sees that in today's troubled world there is very little attention to the history of this injustice and fights. Mieke cares about the fate of my Jordanian ancestors as well. Mieke is my heroine.