Stumbling Stones Binnenveer 11

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), commemorate:

* DAVID VLEESCHHOUWER (born 1884, deportation 01-08-1943 from Westerbork, murdered 04-06-1943 in, Sobibor).
*HENRIËTTE MIETJE VLEESCHHOUWER-MENKO (born 1885, deportation 01-08-1943 from Westerbork, murdered 04-06-1943 in, Sobibor).

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims, persecuted, deported and murdered in World War II.

Father Vleeschhouwer had a haberdashery shop on the Binnenveer. The couple had four sons, three of whom survived by going into hiding. The eldest son, Hijman, was deported and murdered by the Japanese in the Indian Ocean. Incidentally, Heijman did not know at the time that his parents had already been killed. The Vleeschhouwer family lived in Weesp for two centuries.


"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: one human being is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten.

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Source

• Text: Dick de Bruijne, Dick van Someren & Arie Bervoets
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne (1, 2, 3, 4), Arie Bervoets (5)
• David Vleeschhouwer, Joodsmonument.
• Henriëtte Mietje Vleeschhouwer-Menko, Joodsmonument.