Stumbling Treshold Van der Does de Willeboissingel 14

This elongated brass plaque (Stolperschwelle or stumbling threshold), which was laid on 11-05-2018, commemorates the Jewish children who were here at the Jewish school and were killed in the extermination camps by the German occupiers.

IN MEMORY OF THE JEWISH CHILDREN
WHO WERE TAKEN AWAY IN JULY 1942 DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION
FROM THE UTILITY SCHOOL AND MURDERED IN NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS

"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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• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Lennard Bolijn