Stumbling Stone Nieuwe Blekerstraat 13

This small, brass, memorial plaque (stolperstein, struikelsteen, or stumbling stone) commemorates:

* Martin Hammerschlag, born 1898, deported 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 31 March 1944, Auschwitz.

Background

"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 pavement in front of the last voluntary residence of (mostly Jewish) victims who were murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved victim’s with the name, date of birth, and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death. 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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Source

• Text: Anne Palmer
• Photos: Suzanne Matrosov-Vruggink (1), Suzanne Matrosov-Vruggink (2), Bert Deelman (3)
• Stichting Stolpersteine Schilderswijk Groningen: Martin Hammerschlag
• Stolpersteine.eu