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Friday 7 december 2018

National Hero elevated with Project Boy Ecury

resides. Several speeches
and a play were part of the Bonus for the Archive
ceremony. The plus point for the Na-
tional Archive is that many
Importance documents that were in
The director of the National a doubtful condition now
Archive, Raymond Hernan- have been digitalized,
dez, is happy with the results making the information
of the Boy Ecury project. more accessible to the
He expressed hope that public. In the end the ar-
with this project, the na- chive’s aim is to inventor-
tional hero will be elevated ize, restore and preserve
to a higher level. Nearly 75 valuable materials to make
years ago Boy Ecury passed thenm accessible to the
away in the Netherlands public. Besides that there is
and now community has the opportunity to achieve
the chance to know about private archives that have
this war hero and the way a historical value like the
it affects thoughts about one of the family Ecury.
freedom, war and memori-
als. The project was carried Film & Music
out under the strict guide- During the event the pub-
lines set by the National Ar- lic could also enjoy a
ORANJESTAD – A project National Archive to realize research and collection chive and the Britt, with the video showing Boy Ecury
dedicated to the national the project in the light of of documents about Boy help of Shanaya Geerman with some friends enjoying
hero Boy Ecury was recent- the Year of the Resistance, Ecury and his life. on digitalization, did a tre- his last Christmas dinner.
ly presented at Boy Ecury supported by Dutch orga- mendous job. “It shows that The video was created in
square. In honor of the nizations. 2018 is the year The result of the project the younger generation the Netherlands and now
memory of the World War dedicated to the War Re- was presented by a group also have an interest in the forms part of the collection
II Aruban hero the founda- sistance within the Dutch of distinguished guests, work of archiving and that at the National Archive.
tion Friends of the National Kingdom, whereas those among them were the gov- gives hope”, says the direc- The theatre play that was
Archive (Fundacion Ami- serving the Resistance dur- ernor, Minister of Culture tor. Ecury’s family played performed is directed by
gonan di Archivo (ADA)) ing World War II are being Xiomara Ruiz-Maduro and an important role in the John Freddy Montoya and
and coordinator Daniella honored. The Boy Ecury Yvonne Laclé-Dirksz. Also achievement of the proj- showed the young Boy
Britt organized the event. project was the only proj- present were members of ect as they haven been Ecury while he was hid-
ect that was created out- the Ecury family. This took sharing documents with ing from the Germans and
Almost two years ago ADA side of the Netherlands. place in the park where the the National Archive about writing his experiences
was approached by the The project enhances a statue of Boy Ecury proudly Boy since 1996. The guide is and emotions in letters to
valuable to those who wish his mother. Musician and
to know more about Ecury. pianist Johhny Scharbaay
The documents and ma- played the same composi-
terials used are kept in the tion that was to be heard
National Archive, as well as 71 years ago, in 1947, at
the National Library. Boy Ecury’s funeral.q