Stumbling Stones Herestraat 86a

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
* BERNHARD SIMMEREN (born 1897, interned 4 October 1942, deported 16 October 1942 from Westerbork, liberated in central Germany)
* GRIETJE SIMMEREN-POLAK (born 1896, interned 13 October 1942, deported 16 October 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 19 October 1942 Auschwitz)
* EPHRAIM SIMMEREN (born 1921, interned 4 October 1942, deported 16 October 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 9 August 1944 in Blechhammer)
* BENJAMIN SIMMEREN (born 1923, interned 4 October 1942, deported 16 October 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 7 August 1944 in Blechhammer)
* BETTY SIMMEREN (born 1927, interned 13 October 1942, deported 16 October 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 19 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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