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Stumbling Stone Willem van Nassaustraat 20

This brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), placed on 6-3-2019, commemorates:
* LOUIS BOONE (born 1919, resistance fighter “l'As”, betrayed 1944, deported 19-7-1944 from Gent, died 3-5-1945 Cap Arcona Neustädter Bucht)

This Stolperstein lie here for a resistance fighter, 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 the last voluntary 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: TracesOfWar
  • Photos: Dick de Bruijne

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