Stumbling Stones Markt 9

These small, brass, memorial plaques (stolpersteine, struikelstenen, or stumbling stones) commemorate:

* Samuel Roos, born 1889, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 28 May 1943 Sobibor.
* Alfred Roos, born 1927, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 28 May 1943 Sobibor.
* Antje Roos, born 1931, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 28 May1943 Sobibor.
* Suze Roos, born 1935, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 28 May 1943 Sobibor.

Background

Samuel, a kosher butcher, married Rachel Rozendaal. They had three children, all born in Lochem – Alfred, Antje, and Suze. Rachel died in Lochem in 1941 – no cause was seen. Samuel Roos, it was said, did not believe that harm would come to his blond children who did not look Jewish. He declined advice to let a farmer take care of them. It was a serious misjudgement. In 1943, he and all three children were deported. They were murdered on the same day in Sobibor. Samuel Roos was 54, Alfred 15, Antje 12, and Suze 8.

"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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