Stumbling Stone Kanaalweg 193

STOLPERSTEIN / STUMBLING STONE
for:
Cornelis Janssen.

Cornelis Janssen was born op 7 juni 1922 te Oosterwolde, the son of Albert Janssen and Aaltje Bosma.

Janssen was a member of the resistance group LO Smilde. He was in hiding. He was arrested on 3 June 1944. From 7 June 1944 to 8 September 1944 he was detained in block 4 of camp Amersfoort. He arrived in Neuengamme on September 10, 1944. He died on 3 May 1945 in Neustadt (Germany).

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'.

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