Stumbling Stones Frans van Mierisstraat 78

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
* MAX GERSON (born in 1869, fled Germany in 1933, interned on 13-3-1943, deported on 4-5-1943 from Westerbork, murdered on 7-5-1943, Sobibor)
* TONI GERSON-RIESE (born 1874, fled Germany in 1933, interned on 13-3-1943, deported on 4-5-1943 from Westerbork, murdered on 7-5-1943, Sobibor)
* KURT “GERRON” GERSON (born 1897, fled Germany in 1933, interned on 29-9-1943, deported in 1944 from Westerbork, Theresienstadt, murdered on 30-9-1944, Auschwitz)
* OLGA GERSON-MEYER (born 1896, fled Germany in 1933, interned on 29-9-1943, deported in 1944 from Westerbork, Theresienstadt, murdered on 30-9-1944, Auschwitz)

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims, persecuted, deported and/or murdered in World War II.


"Stolpersteine” is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the sidewalk in front of a known residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the victim’s, date of birth, and fate. By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He cites the Talmud: “A human being is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten.”

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• Text: Dick de Bruijne + TracesOfWar
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne
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