Stumbling Stones Oostersingel 13

These brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
*SALOMON SIMMEREN (born 1885, deported from Westerbork and murdered 12 February 1943, Auschwitz)
*VROUWTJE SIMMEREN-VAN DE RHOER (born 1886, deported from Westerbork and murdered 12 February 1943, Auschwitz)
*ARON MOZES HÄRTZ (born 1918, deported from Westerbork and murdered 30 April 1943, Auschwitz)
*HENDERINA HÄRTZ-SIMMEREN (born 1919, deported from Westerbork and murdered 12 February 1943, Auschwitz)

Salomon Simmeren and Vrouwtje van de Rhoer were married on September 3, 1909, in Meppel. Together they formed a family that was blessed with four children: Betje, Ephraim, Henderina, and Vogelina. Vogelina died at the young age of seven.

The Simmeren-van de Rhoer couple and their daughter Henderina were victims of the Holocaust. Henderina was married to Aron Mozes Härtz, who was murdered on April 30, 1943, in Auschwitz. Henderina and her parents were gassed shortly before that.

Two of their children managed to survive the war. Their son Ephraim survived the horrors of Camp Westerbork, and their daughter Betje also survived and later built a new life in 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
• Salomon Simmeren | Joods Monument
• Vrouwtje Simmeren-van de Rhoer | Joods Monument
• Aron Mozes Härtz | Joods Monument
• Henderina Härtz-Simmeren | Joods Monument