Stumbling Stones Südstrasse 50

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on June 9, 2022, commemorate:
* BENJAMIN WEINHAUSEN (born 1882, fled to Belgium, interned in Mechelen, deported in 1943 and murdered in Auschwitz)
* ADELE WEINHAUSEN-KAUFMANN (born 1887, fled to Belgium in 1939, interned in Mechelen, deported in 1943 and murdered in Auschwitz)
* HERTA WEINHAUSEN (born 1909, fled to Belgium, survived with help)
* LEO WEINHAUSEN (born 1914, fled to Belgium in 1939, went to France in 1940, interned in Drancy, deported to Auschwitz in 1942, murdered in Buchenwald)
* WALTER WEINHAUSEN (born 1916, fled to Belgium in 1938, survived with help)

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims, persecuted, deported, and murdered 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