Stumbling Stone Het Dorp 7

This brass plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), placed on May 8, 2024, commemorates:
* JOZEF PIETER VANDEBRIEL (born 1909, in the resistance "Geheim Leger" (Secret Army), went into hiding, executed in Zelem in 1944)

This Stolperstein is placed here for a resistance fighter, persecuted and murdered during 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: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck