Stumbling Stones Leon Spilliaertstraat 31

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 18-11-2023, commemorate:
* ISIDOOR SZPIRO (born 1931, interned in Mechelen, deported in 1943 to Auschwitz, fate unknown).
* REGINA SZPIRO (born. 1926, interned in Mechelen, deported in 1943 to Auschwitz, fate unknown).
* HENRIETTE SZPIRO (born 1928, interned in Mechelen, deported to Auschwitz, fate unknown).
* JOACHIM SPEIER-HOLLSTEIN (born 1926, deported to Auschwitz, murdered on 31-10-1942).
* ALBERT SCHINDLER (born 1925, deported to Auschwitz, murdered on 1-9-1942).
* HERMANN SCHINDLER (born 1926, deported to Auschwitz, murdered on 1-9-1942).
* SIMONE SCHENDORF (born 1927, deported Auschwitz, murdered 6-9-1942).

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 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: Marie-Christine Vinck