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These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on November 2, 2020, commemorate:
* DR. PAUL MAAS (born 1873, interned in the Kalverbenden camp in 1941, and fled to her death on June 14, 1942, to avoid deportation)
* IDA MAAS-KAMP (born 1875, interned in the Kalverbenden camp in 1941, and fled to her death on June 14, 1942, to avoid deportation)

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims who were persecuted but took their own lives during 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 the last voluntary residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the victim’s, date of birth, and fate. 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: Marie-Christine Vinck