Stumbling Stone Willy-Brandt-Platz 8

This brass plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), placed on November 9, 2018, commemorates:
* DR. ARON COHN (born 1904, fled to the Netherlands in 1936, interned in Westerbork, deported in 1944 to Bergen-Belsen, on the lost transport to Tröbitz, liberated on April 23, 1945, died on June 30, 1945)

This Stolperstein lies here for a Jewish war victim, persecuted and deported 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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• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck