Stumbling Stone Hendrik Consciencestraat 1

This brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or sumbling stone) placed on 12-5-2024, commemorates:
* LOUISA POELS
Louisa Poels joined the Armed Partisans the armed arm of the Independence Front a left-wing resistance group during World War II. She is arrested on July 15, 1944 and is deported to Ravensbrück. Later, she is imprisoned in the Belzig outpost camp near Bad Belzig. On May 3, 1940, she is liberated. Louisa Poels dies in Turnhout on December 10, 1973.

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