Stumbling Stones Hofstraat 30A

These brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
*NATHAN KROPVELD (born 1912, deported from Westerbork and murdered 21 Januari 1945, Blechhammer)
*ELISABETH KROPVELD-WINNIK (born 1917, deported from Westerbork and murdered 26 October 1942, Auschwitz)
*MARCUS KROPVELD (born 1939, deported from Westerbork and murdered 26 October 1942, Auschwitz)

Nathan Kropveld (born on November 27, 1912, in Stadskanaal) lived in Groningen at Hofstraat 30. He was married to Elisabeth Winnik. Nathan's wife and their three-year-old son, Marcus Kropveld, were both murdered on October 26, 1942, in the Auschwitz extermination camp. Nathan himself was killed during the evacuation of the Blechhammer labor and concentration camp or during the subsequent death march from Blechhammer to Gross-Rosen in the winter of 1945.

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
• Nathan Kropveld | Joods Monument
• Elisabeth Kropveld-Winnik | Joods Monument
• Marcus Kropveld | Joods Monument