Stumbling Stones Pinkelseweg 3

Thess brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
*JAN TJALKEN (born 1901, executed 4 May 1943, Arnhem)
*BARTUS PESSINK (born 1905, executed 4 May 1943, Arnhem)
*JOCHEM ADAM VERTEEG (born 1906, executed 4 May 1943, Arnhem)

During World War II, Jan Tjalkens (born November 15, 1901, in Arnhem, occupation: inspector), Bartus Pessink (born March 8, 1905, in Deventer, occupation: bench worker) and Jochem Adam Versteeg (born June 11, 1906, Arnhem, occupation: metal grinder) were active in the resistance.

They took part in the April strikes in 1943. This led to their arrest. Together with sixteen other men from companies in Gelderland, they were executed by firing squad by the occupying forces on the Waterberg (near Arnhem). Their names are listed on the Arnhem Resistance Memorial.

This Stolpersteine lie here for a resistance fighters, 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: Arjan Hell