Stumbling Stone de Merodelei

This brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein stumbling stone), placed on 12-5-2024, commemorate:
* JOS VAN TICHELEN
Jos Van Tichelen founded a branch of the Belgian Legion, later known as the Secret Army, in Turnhout. He was arrested on Dec. 29, 1942, and died on April 19, 1945, in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

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: Jhonny Bastiaensen, TracesOfWar
• Photos: Jhonny Bastiaensen
• Brochure: Turnhout herdenkt de slachtoffers van het nazisme 1940-1945 uitgave 2024