Stumbling Stones Rue Antoine Bréart 76

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 30-10-2014, commemorate:
* JULIETTE NISENBAUM (born 1932, arrested 19-1-1943, interned Mechelen, deported 1943, Auschwitz murdered)
* LAJA LEA WEJNTRAUB (born 1901, arrested 19-1-1943, interned Mechelen, deported 1943, Auschwitz murdered)

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

The spellings of the names vary in different sources: Juliëtte, Juliette; Nisenbaum, Nüsenbaum, Nuesenbaum, Nusenbaum; Wejntraub, Weintraub. Birthdates and locations are consistent.
Juliette Nisenbaum was born in Brussels and was a 10-year-old pupil when she was arrested. She was held in Mechelen for 3 months until she was deported on 19 April 1943 on Transport XX to Auschwitz.
Laja Lea Wejntraub was a seamstress who was born in Poland. Her father’s post-war testimony states that Wejntraub was her maiden name; she married a Nisenbaum (first name Reuven; another source suggested his name started with H). She also was on Transport XX from Malines/Mechelen.
No information was found on the relationship between Juliëtte Nisenbaum and Laja Lea Nisenbaum née Wejntraub. However, the dates of their arrests and arrival at Mechelen were the same. Also, they were together on the typed transport list of deportees for Transport XX: "Laja Wejntraub Epse de Nusenbaum H" was number 54, and Juliëtte was number 55.

"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: Anne Palmer, TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck
• Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names
• Kazerne Dossin: Transportlisten
• Yad Vashem Deportation Transport XX, Malines-Auschwitz
• Stolpersteine.eu