Stumbling Stones Baron Tibbautstraat

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on October 19, 2025, commemorate:
* VIC TEMMERMAN (born 1924, arrested in Overmere on August 24, 1943, interned in Ghent, liberated)
* OCTAAF HAECK (born 1911, arrested in Overmere on September 21, 1943, interned on January 27, 1944 in Merksplas, liberated)
* EMILE URBAIN DE RIDDER (born 1907, arrested in Overmere on September 22, 1943, deported on March 19, 1944 to Watten Eperlecques, liberated)
* ALBERT D’HUYVETTER (born 1915, arrested in Overmere on September 17, 1943, deported on January 26, 1944, to Rheinbach, liberated

These Stolpersteine lie here for civilians persecuted, deported, or interned during World War II. They have all been liberated.

"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