Stumbling Stones Folkingestraat 27

These brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
*JAKOB VAN DAM (born 1871, deported from Westerbork and murdered 19 November 1942, Auschwitz)
*NETJE VAN DAM-KISCH (born 1872, deported from Westerbork and murdered 19 November 1942, Auschwitz)

Jakob van Dam was born on December 20, 1871, in Leek. He was a merchant by profession. He married Netje Kisch on January 13, 1897, in Groningen.

They lived part of their lives together in Groningen, on Folkingestraat. The Van Dam-Kisch couple was deported on November 16, 1942. Just three days later, on November 19, 1942, Jakob van Dam and Netje Kisch-van Dam were murdered in Auschwitz Concentration 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
• Jakob van Dam | Joods Monument
• Netje van Dam-Kisch | Joods Monument