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Street Sign in the Reitzstraat

Street sign of the Reitzstraat in Leiden. Subscript of the sign is covered up and mentions ‘Rosetta Reitz 1924-2008 – writer, historian, owner of Rosetta Records’.

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  • One Name, Two Stories

    story by Emma Sow, Jip Schrijver.

    Something mysterious is going on in the neighborhood: what happened to the Reitzstraat? The neighbors used to live in the Francis Reitzstraat, but suddenly, this has become the Rosetta Reitzstraat. Who covered up this street sign? Why has this decades-old name suddenly changed? What awaits the other street names: will they be covered up as well?

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