Stumbling Stone Große Straße 54

This small brass plaque (Stolperstein or Stumbling Stone), which was laid on 3-8-2007, commemorates:
Arnold Bastian
(born 1908, locked up in Celle prison on 15-1-1944 for homosexuality and died on 17-2-1945 due to poor (working) conditions in or near Hamelin prison)

"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."

Borne was the first place in the Netherlands where Stolpersteine were laid. This happened on 29-11-2007

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries en Jan de Jager
• Photos: James Steakley (1), Roel Hogervorst (2)
• https://www.digiwalk.de/walks/stolpersteine-in-flensburg