Stumbling Stone Westergracht 29

This memorial stone (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:

Louis Daniels

The small copper plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other cities, mainly in Germany but also in other European countries, the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

LUDOVICUS ABRAHAM DANIELS
February 5th, 1911 (Amsterdam) - June 11th, 1943 (Sobibor)
WESTERGRACHT 29
Ludovicus Daniëls (known as Louis) worked as an office clerk in a drapery wholesaler. During the war, he joined a resistance group that secured supplies from Jewish shopkeepers when they were in danger of being confiscated by the German occupier.
In April 1943 Daniëls was deported to camp Vught. From camp Vught he arrived in Westerbork on 7 June 1943, where he was detained in a penal barracks for unknown reasons. The next day he was deported to Sobibor, where he was killed immediately upon arrival.
Transport from Westerbork to Sobibor 8 June 1943.
Murdered in Sobibor on June 11, 1943.
He was 32 years old.

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