Stumbling Stones Rue Berckmans 127 and 127a

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 15-2-2015 and 3-11-2015, commemorate:
* MATHILDE BENARDOUT (born 1893, arrested 29-3-1944, interned Mechelen, deported 4-4-1944, murdered)
* LILI COHEN (born 1921 Greece, arrested 27-3-1944, interned Mechelen, deported 4-4-1944, Auschwitz liberated 2-5-1945)

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims, persecuted, deported and/or 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 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: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck