Stumbling Stones Kerkstraat 378

STOLPERSTEINE / STUMBLING STONES

In 2021, a Stolperstein was laid here for:
- Mina Sluijter (born 1916, arrested 24-7-1942, Amsterdam, murdered 30-9-1942, Auschwitz)

Later, four more Stolpersteine were laid for:
- Sophielea Davidson-Zilverberg (born 1907, deported 14-9-1942 from Westerbork, murdered 17-9-1942, Auschwitz)
- Elisabeth Davidson (born 1937, deported 14-9-1942 from Westerbork, murdered 17-9-1942, Auschwitz)
- Bernard Davidson (born 1908, deported 14-9-1942 from Westerbork, murdered 31-3-1944, Central Europe)
Juda Schrijver (born 1908, deported 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 31-3-1944, Central Europe)

The German artist Gunter Demnig started placing the first Stolpersteine in 1997 in the Berlin's Kreuzberg district. Meanwhile there are Stolpersteine in many countries. It reminds the Holocaust in World War II. A Stolperstein is a concrete stone of 10 x 10cm, with a brass plate on top, in which the name, date of birth and decease and also place of decease is punched into. The Stolperstein gets a place in the pavement in front of the former house of the victim. By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives a private memorial to each victim. His motto is: 'A HUMAN BEING IS FORGOTTEN ONLY WHEN HIS OR HER NAME IS FORGOTTEN'.

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