Stumbling Stone ‘t Zand 19

This brass plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), laid on May 24, 2025, commemorates:
* LEON VAN HEESTER (born 1894, resistance fighter, arrested January 26, 1942, deported March 24, 1942, served in several camps, murdered May 2, 1945 in Schwerin)

This Stolperstein lies here for a resistance fighter who was persecuted, deported, and murdered 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