Stumbling Stones Ratumsestraat 21

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or Stumbling Stones) commemorate:

* MEIJER PHILIPS (born 1898, deported 1 June 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 4 June 1943 in Sobibor)
* SIBILLA PHILIPS-SPIER (born 1902, deported 1 June 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 4 June 1943 in Sobibor)
* HANNA HENRIETTE PHILIPS (born 1929, deported 1 June 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 4 June 1943 in Sobibor)

These Stolpersteine are here for Jewish war victims who were persecuted, deported and/or murdered during 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 the former residence 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 gives each victim an individual memorial. 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://www.joodsmonument.nl/nl/page/187080/meijer-philips