Stumbling Stone Kerkstraat 47

This brass plaque (Stolperstein or Stumbling Stone), laid on 18-4-2024 commemorates:

*MARINUS GERHARD RORIJE (born 1913, shot 2-4-1945 Hattem.

This Stolperstein is here for an innocent war victim, shot dead without cause by the Landwacht.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project in Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (trip stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of a residence of (mostly Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque bears the victim's name, date of birth and their fate. 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."

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Elly vd. Wetering
• - https://rtvhattem.nl/18/03/2025/eindelijk-stolperstein-voor-marinus-rorije/