Stumbling Stone Dokter Bijnenslaan 8

This brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), placed on 11-11-2024, commemorates:
* LOUIS VAN DER STRAETEN
Louis was a member of the Kempen Legion where he belonged to the leadership. He was arrested on 1 March 1944 and ended up in various concentration camps in Germany. He died of deprivation and exhaustion in February 1945 during a transport from the Gross-Rosen 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
• Wandelbrochure Struikelstenen Toerisme Vosselaar in samenwerking met Heemkundekring Adriaen Ghys en het lokaal bestuur Vosselaar.