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Stumbling Stones Nieuwstad 30

Stumbling Stones

Text on these Stumblestones:

HIER WOONDE
ABRAHAM PHILIP
GEBOREN 1868
VERMOORD 26-03-1943
SOBIBOR

HIER WOONDE
ELLA WOLF
GEBOREN 1895
VERMOORD 21-05-1943
SOBIBOR

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 place in the Netherlands where stumbling stones were placed. This took place on 29-11-2007.

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar
  • Photos: Arjan Hell