Stumbling Stones J.A. Feithstraat 26

These brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
*LOUIS GOUDSMIT (born 1894, deported from Westerbork and murdered 3 December 1942, Auschwitz)
*MARIANNE GOUDSMIT-SPRINGER (born 1900, deported from Westerbork and murdered 3 December 1942, Auschwitz)
*BERNARD NICO GOUDSMIT (born 1932, deported from Westerbork and murdered 1 December 1942, Auschwitz)
*ROBERT GOUDSMIT (born 1934, deported from Westerbork and murdered 3 December 1942, Auschwitz)
*HENDERINA SARAH KATS-GOUDSMIT (born 1921, deported from Westerbork and murdered 10 September 1943, Auschwitz)
*ABRAHAM GOUDSMIT (born 1926, deported from Westerbork and murdered 10 September 1943, Auschwitz)

Louis Goudsmit was originally a traveling salesman, a profession he eventually exchanged in 1927 for his own business as a sales representative in textile products.

In October 1918, he became engaged to Marianne Springer, whom he later married. Together they had five children. The family was confronted with the horrors of World War II. On July 10, 1942, Louis was summoned by the German occupiers to report to a labor camp. He was later transferred to Camp Westerbork. There, he and his wife attended the wedding of their daughter Henderina Sarah Goudsmit to Emanuel Kats. The wedding took place on November 14, 1942, in Camp Westerbork.

Of Louis' five children, only one survived the war: Gerrit Philip (Gershon) Goudsmit, born on June 5, 1923, in Groningen. Gerrit later died on April 9, 1989, in Yokneam, Israel.

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims 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 a residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the name of the victim, date of birth and the fate of these people. 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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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Bert Deelman
• Louis Goudsmit | Joods Monument
• Marianne Goudsmit-Springer | Joods Monument
• Bernard Nico Goudsmit | Joods Monument
• Robert Goudsmit | Joods Monument
• Henderina Sarah Kats-Goudsmit | Joods Monument
• Abraham Goudsmit | Joods Monument