Stumbling Stone Stationsstraat 13

This small brass plaque (Stolperstein or Stumbling Stone), which was laid on 26-11-2023, commemorates:

Simon Maas born 1897,
deported 30-11-1942 from Westerbork to Auschwitz and murdered in Central Europe on 31-3-1944.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project in Europe by Gunter Demnig commemorating victims of National Socialism (Nazism).

Stolpersteine (Stumbling Stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the sidewalk in front of a residence of (mostly Jewish) victims murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved with the victim's name, date of birth and place (usually a concentration camp) and date of death. In this way, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He quotes the Talmud: "A person is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten."

Borne was the first place in the Netherlands where Stolpersteine were laid. This happened on 29-11-2007

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Arjan Hell
• www.joodsmonument.nl