Stumbling Stone Kerkstraat 19

This brass plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), laid on 28 April 2025, commemorates:

* SAAKJE VAN DER MEER-HOOGEVEEN (born 1892, died April 1945 Ravensbruck)

Saakje van der Meer helped a Jewish friend. She was accused of “aiding Jews” and was deported via the prison in Amsterdam and Camp Vught to Ravensbruck in September 1944. She died there around the time of the liberation of the camp in April 1944.

'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 the homes of (mostly Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque bears the name of the victim, their date of birth and their fate. In this way, Gunter Demnig provides an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He quotes the Talmud: ‘A person is only forgotten when their name is forgotten.’

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Arjan Hell
• - https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/personen/226739/saakje-van-der-meer-hoogeveen