On 1 December 1952, the Dockworker statue was unveiled, representing a brave dockworker. It was erected to commemorate the February Strike of 1941, which was organised to protest against the deportation of the Amsterdam Jews. The statue is located in the middle of the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam, at Jonas Daniël Meijerplein, where the first Dutch raids took place on 22 and 23 February 1941.
The text on the pedestal reads:
February Strike 1941
Act of resistance of the
citizens to protest the
persecution of the Jews by
the German occupying forces
Every year on the 25th of February, the February strike is commemorated in this square.