Memorial Jewish Victims Marolles

At the beginning of the 20th century, Brussels experienced a massive Jewish settlement. A large part of these Jews ended up in the Marolles.
Despite the overcrowding in the district, there was a certain solidarity.
During the war there was a black market in the Radijzenstraat, but the Marolliens also conspired to secretly accommodate Jews.
On September 3, 1942, the German army staged a pogrom in the Marolles with a great show of force. Many Jews had wisely not picked up a Star of David, but were now traced on the basis of the Jewish registers. That day, 718 of them were arrested and taken by truck to the Dossin barracks, final destination Auschwitz.
If you look at the ground, you will regularly come across a stumbling stone in the Marolles.

The former synagogue in Lenglentierstraat was moved to Stalingradlaan after the war. There is a memorial plaque on the site of the synagogue, which, like the Stolpersteine, serves as a tribute to the victims of Nazism. She also testifies to the resistance of the residents of the neighborhood to any kind of persecution.

The plate has 2 verses from Ezekiel's vision:
Verse 13: "Then you will know that I am the Lord when I open your graves and raise you up from your graves. My people I will bring you into the land of Israel."
Verse 14: "I will put my spirit in you, you will come to life, and I will put you in your land. Then you will know that I have spoken and have done this. "
Below that in the two national languages:
"In memory of the Jews of the Marolle district
victims of Nazism and racism".


Source : Heritage Brussels and Wikipedia

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• Text: Marie-Christine Vinck
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck