Stumbling Stone Oosterstraat 32

This brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone) commemorates:
*HENDRIK OFFEREINS (born 1898, arrested and murdered 8 January 1945, Neuengamme)

Hendrik Offereins was born in Midwolde on November 18, 1898. In his daily life, he was the manager of a dry cleaner's in Groningen. Together with his wife, Sien Kosmeier, he raised a family of four children.

During the Second World War, Hendrik chose to join the resistance. For his resistance work, he was arrested on September 27, 1944, and imprisoned in the notorious Scholtenhuis in Groningen. His imprisonment led via Camp Vught to deportation to the concentration camps Sachsenhausen and later Neuengamme, where he died on January 9, 1945.

His name is listed on the Roll of Honor of the Fallen 1940-1945. His wife, Sien Kosmeier, survived the war and died at the age of 92 in Groningen.

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