Stumbling Stones Walstraat 40

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:

* JACOB PAGRACH, (born 1887, deported 16-10-1942 From Westerbork , murdered 19-10-1942 Auschwitz)
* SARA JEANETTE PAGRACH-VAN GELDER, (born 1883, deported 16-10-1942 From Westerbork , murdered 19-10-1942 Auschwitz)
* SOPHIA PAGRACH, (born 1916, deported 16-10-1942 From Westerbork , murdered 19-10-1942 Auschwitz)
* RACHEL PAGRACH, (born 1922, deported 16-10-1942 From Westerbork , murdered 19-10-1942 Auschwitz)
* ANDRIES PAGRACH, (born 1926, deported 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 1945 Germany)
* JOHANNA BOLLEGRAAF-PAGRACH, (born 1918, deported 4-8-1943 from Westerbork, murdered 7-8-1943 Auschwitz)

These Stolpersteine are here for Jewish war victims, persecuted, deported and murdered in World War II.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project in Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (stumbling 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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