Stumbling Stone Hommerterweg 269

This brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone) commemorates:
*HEDWIG HEYMANN (born 1891, deported and murdered 31 August 1943, Auschwitz)

Hedwig Heymann was born on March 12, 1891, in Bonn, Germany. She lived unmarried in the Netherlands and rented a house on Hommerterweg in Amstenrade. She worked at NV Nederlandsche Parasinfabrieken.

On August 25, 1942, Hedwig was arrested by the municipal authorities and taken to Maastricht, where she was handed over to the Sicherheitspolizei. She was then deported to the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp. Hedwig Heymann was murdered there on August 31, 1943.

This Stolperstein lies here for a Jewish war victim, 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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• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Joost Verheijden
• Hedwig Heymann | Joods Monument