Stumbling Stones Swammerdamstraat 116

These brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:

* JOSEPH VAN GELDEREN (born 1869, died 07-05-1940, Hilversum).
* ROSA VAN GELDEREN-ABRAHAM (born 1867, deported 13-07-1943, from Westerbork, murdered 16-07-1943, Sobibor).
* KAATJE VAN GELDEREN (born 1864, deported 13-07-1943, from Westerbork, murdered 16-07-1943, Sobibor).

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims persecuted, deported and murdered in 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: one human being is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten.

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Source

• Text: Dick de Bruijne
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne
• Rosa van Gelderen-Abraham, Joodsmonument.
• Kaatje van Gelderen, Joodsmonument.