Stumbling Stone Vinkenstraat 6

This brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone) commemorates:
*JOHANNES HENDRIKUS GEUBELS (born 1911, arrested and died 31 May 1945, Neuengamme)

Johannes Hendrikus Geubels was born on March 11, 1911, in Groningen. He was a typographer by profession and worked at a printing company. During World War II, he put his professional skills to use in the Dutch resistance.

During the occupation, Geubels joined the resistance group ‘Groep De Groot’. From 1940 onwards, this group was active in supplying false documents. As a typographer, Johannes Hendrikus played a crucial role in the production of forged ration cards, identity cards, and Ausweise, which saved countless people in hiding and families from certain death or deportation.

On February 28, 1945, he was arrested in Groningen. He was deported to the Neuengamme concentration camp, where he died shortly before the end of the war, on May 5, 1945, at the age of 34.

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