Stumbling Stones De Sitterstraat 5A

These brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
*LOUIS MONASCH (born 1908, deported from Westerbork and murdered 19 October 1942, Auschwitz)
*ELIZABETH MONASCH-COHEN (born 1909, deported from Westerbork and murdered 19 October 1942, Auschwitz)
*LEO LOUIS MONASCH (born 1936, deported from Westerbork and murdered 19 October 1942, Auschwitz)
*LEIDA BETSY MONASCH (born 1942, deported from Westerbork and murdered 19 October 1942, Auschwitz)

Louis Monasch (born on June 3, 1908, in Rotterdam) was born deaf. In 1917, the family moved to Groningen. There was a school for the deaf in Groningen, which Louis attended from 1916 to 1923. In Groningen, Louis found love with Elizabeth Cohen, who was also deaf and a former student of the school for the deaf. They became engaged on January 20, 1935, and married on August 12, 1935. The couple settled at Sitterstraat 5 in Groningen and had two children. Leo Louis, who was also born deaf, and Leida Betsy, the only hearing person in the family, who sadly only lived to be 2.5 years old.

On Friday, October 2, 1942, Louis, Elizabeth, and their children, along with all the Jewish residents of Groningen, were gathered in a warehouse belonging to Van Gent & Loos. The next day, they were deported by train to Camp Westerbork. Their final journey began on October 16, 1942, with transport number 28. Three days later, on October 19, 1942, Louis Monasch, his wife Elizabeth, and their children were murdered immediately upon arrival at Auschwitz extermination camp.

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 Monasch | Joods Monument
• Elizabeth Monasch-Cohen | Joods Monument
• Leo Louis Monasch | Joods Monument
• Leida Betsy Monasch | Joods Monument