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Stumbling Stones Houtmarkt 74

STOLPERSTEINE / STUMBLING STONES

On this location there are six Stolpersteine for:

HARTOG DE LIEVER - GEBOREN 1892
VERMOORD 31-03-1944 MIDEN-EUROPA

FEMMI DE LIEVER-POLAK - GEBOREN 1898
VERMOORD 02-04-1943 SOBIBOR

BELA SALOMONS - GEBOREN 1932
VERMOORD 02-04-1943 SOBIBOR

JUDA HAMBURG - GEBOREN 1850
OVERLEDEN 22-04-1943 WESTERBORK

BERENDINA HAMBURG-DE LEEUW - GEBOREN 1850
OVERLEDEN 25-04-1943 WESTERBORK

JACOB HAMBURG - GEBOREN 1892
VERMOORD 17-08-1941 AUSCHWITZ

The German artist Gunter Demnig started placing the first Stolpersteine in 1997 in the Berlin's Kreuzberg district.
Meanwhile there are Stolpersteine in many countries.
It reminds the Holocaust in World War II.
A Stolperstein is a concrete stone of 10 x 10cm, with a brass plate on top, in which the name, date of birth and decease and also place of decease is punched into.
The Stolperstein gets a place in the pavement in front of the former house of the victim.
By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives a private memorial to each victim. His motto is: 'A HUMAN BEING IS FORGOTTEN ONLY WHEN HIS OR HER NAME IS FORGOTTEN'.

Borne was the first town in the Netherlands in which Stolpersteine were placed. This happened the 29-11-2007.

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar.com
  • Photos: Arjan Hell (1), Peter van Steenbergen (2)