Stumbling Stones Prinsenstraat 17a

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
* MOZES SIMMEREN (born 1891, interned 4 October 1942, deported 9 October 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 27 October 1944 Auschwitz)
* HELENA SIMMEREN-POLAK (born 1894, interned 4 October 1942, deported 9 October 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 12 October 1942 in Auschwitz)
* EPHRAIM SIMMEREN (born 1922, interned 4 October 1942, deported 9 October 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 31 January 1943 Auschwitz)
* BELLA SIMMEREN (born 1933, interned 4 October 1942, deported 9 October 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 12 October 1944 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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