Stumbling Stone Nassaulaan 39a

This brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone) commemorates:
*EGBERT KUIPERS (born 1893, arrested and murdered 1 October 1942, Sachsenhausen)

Egbert Johannes Kuipers (born August 17, 1893, Amsterdam) married Maria Klapwijk in Delft on December 23, 1924. He was a civil engineer by profession. When World War II broke out and the Netherlands was occupied, Kuipers, like many other citizens, decided to actively participate in the resistance. Nothing is known about the specific nature of his resistance activities.

On April 21, 1941, he was arrested by the occupying forces. After his arrest, Kuipers was first transferred to Camp Amersfoort, a notorious transit and punishment camp in occupied Netherlands. Four months later, he was deported to Germany. He was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, located near Oranienburg, north of Berlin. Egbert Johannes Kuipers died there on October 1, 1942, at the age of only 49.

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