Stumbling Stone Wierdensestraat 7

This brass memorial plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone) commemorates:
* JAN H.C. GEWIN (born 1923, murdered 10-1-1945, Neuengamme)

Jan Hendrik Charles Gewin was arrested and transferred to Vught. From there he was transferred to Sachsenhausen on 06-09-1944 and from there to Neuengamme on 16-10-1944. There he died due to illness, exhaustion or malnutrition, all traceable to abominable conditions. Enterocolitis is mentioned as the cause of death. His name is recorded in the Memorial Book 34.

This Stumbling Stone is here for a resistance fighter, arrested, captured and murdered in World War II.

"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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