Stumbling Stones Hallincqlaan 32

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 11-04-2014, commemorate:
* JACOB HENDRIK KANN (born 22-08-1900, murdered 28-01-1944 in Auschwitz)
* DORA JULIETTE KANN (born 08-06-1906, died 04-06-1944 in Huizen)

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

In 1943, Jacob Hendrik Kann and his son Otto had been rounded up and put on a transport to Westerbork. Together they escaped by jumping from the moving train. After a search by the Germans, Jacob sacrificed himself by running towards soldiers. Through this diversion Jacob Kann was caught, but his little son was able to escape. Jacob was put on transport to Poland and killed almost immediately upon arrival. Son Otto, thanks to his father's heroism, survived this terrible adventure."
Jaap Kann (22 August 1900, The Hague) lived at Hallincqlaan 32 in Dordrecht with his wife Dora Julietta Kann-Spanjaard (8 June 1906, Borne). He was murdered in Auschwitz on January 28, 1944, his wife died in Huizen, on June 4, 1944. Not only did Otto survive the war, so did the three other children.

"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: Fedor de Vries + TracesOfWar
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne (foto 1), Fedor de Vries
• STOLPERSTEINE DORDRECHT, De heldendaad van Jaap Kann.