Stumbling Stone Schuitendiep 25A

This brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone) commemorates:
*ELIAZER FRANK (born 1908, arrested and murdered 6 March 1944, Auschwitz)

Eliazer Frank (born on February 4, 1908, in Groningen) was a lawyer and prosecutor by profession.

During World War II, Eliazer Frank played a role in the Dutch resistance. He helped other people go into hiding. His wife and their two children were also in hiding and fortunately survived the war.

In June 1943, Eliazer Frank was arrested in Utrecht by the SD (Sicherheitsdienst), the feared intelligence service of the SS. After his arrest and imprisonment, he was deported to the notorious Auschwitz extermination camp. There he was murdered on March 6 1944.

This Stolperstein lies here for a resistance fighter, 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
• Eliazer Frank | Joods Monument