Stumbling Stones Grietsestraat 18

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), laid on 5 August 2025, commemorate:

* LEOPOLD GANS (born 1883, deported 2 October 1942, murdered 12 October 1942 Auschwitz)
* ROSA “ROSIE” GANS-KAUFMANN (born 1899, deported 2 October 1942, murdered 12 October 1942 Auschwitz)
* SOFIE SELMA GANS (born 1925, deported 2 October 1942, murdered 12 October 1942 Auschwitz)
* HILDE FRIEDA GANS (born 1928, deported 2 October 1942, murdered 12 October 1942 Auschwitz)

These Stolpersteine are laid here for Jewish war victims who were persecuted, deported and murdered during the Second World War.

‘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 residences 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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