Panurbana 178 Non Urinat in Ventum

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Panurbana 178

Non Urinat in Ventum

Amsterdam Atlas

collage: 7 photos

format: 80 x 85 cm

The prison was put into use in 1850 in the center of the Kleine Gartmanplantsoen.
The building was designed by architects I. Warnsinck (1811-1857) and
A.L. van Gendt (1803-1875). During the Second World War the prison was used by the
German Security Service and mainly resistance fighters and Jews were held captive there.
Anne Frank and the other residents from "het Achterhuis" (Panurbana 155) were
also imprisoned here before they were taken to Westerbork camp.
In 1979 the prison was closed and the last prisoners moved to the Bijlmerbajes (panurbana 14).
In the 1990s, the site of the former prison was redeveloped by the architects
Pieter Zaanen (1931-1994) and Kees Spanjers.
In response to the difficult collaboration with the municipality, the architects
made a statement: At the entrance to the new Max Euweplein,
the text 'Homo Sapiens Non Urinat in Ventum' was chiselled in the frieze above the colonnade,
loosely translated 'A sensible person urinates not against the wind'.