Against all currents. That is the name of the artwork that was unveiled on the Leidseplein in Amsterdam on 15 July 2024 in memory of Peter R. de Vries. The unveiling took place exactly three years after the crime reporter's death.
Peter R. de Vries was shot in an assassination attempt on 6 July 2021 in the Lange Leidsedwarsstraat after a broadcast of RTL Boulevard, he died nine days later.

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On July 6, 2021, the renowned crime journalist Peter R. de Vries was gunned down in the street and died nine days later. The memorial honors his memory in the center of Amsterdam. The monument, featuring two bronze helping hands, not only commemorates the crime reporter and his work, but also ensures that the "inhuman crime" of his murder is not forgotten.

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