Stumbling Stone Kortrijksepoortstraat 240

This brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), placed on 6-3-2019, commemorates:
* CHARLES COLYN (born 1888, resistance fighter Secret Army, arrested 18-7-1944, deported 1944 Neuengamme, murdered 19-12-1944 Blumenthal)

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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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne (1, 2), Marie-Christine Vinck (3)