Stumbling Stones Adriaan Volkersingel 25

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or Stumbling Stones), which were laid on 06-02-2017, commemorate:

Hartog den Hartog, born 12 May 1896
Helena den Hartog-van der Sluis, born 30 April 1899
Simon den Hartog, born 23 December 1927
Emanuël den Hartog, born 5 February 1943

The family was arrested on 17 November 1942 and deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz on 2 February 1943, where they were killed on 5 February 1943.

The den Hartog family settled in Sliedrecht in the runs of the 19th century. Like his father, Hartog was a draper's merchant and one of the founders of the Sliedrecht Football Club. After their marriage, Hartog and Helena went to live at 91 Merwedesingel (now Adriaan Volkersingel 25) and had two children. They were transported at the same time as their (in-law) parents and grandfather (Simon den Hartog), grandmother and three other family members.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project in Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism).
Stolpersteine (Stumbling Stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of the last voluntary residence or sometimes the hiding address of (mostly Jewish) victims murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is stamped with the victim's name, date of birth, and place (often a Concentration Camp) and date of death. In this way, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He quotes the Talmud: "A person is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten."

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Stichting Struikelstenen Sliedrecht (1), Fedor de Vries (2), Peter Schipper (3, 4)
• https://www.struikelstenensliedrecht.nl/familie-hartog-hartog-den/