Stumbling Stones Westerkade 13

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

* Sophia Van Gelder, born 1865, deported 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 9 November 1943, Auschwitz.

* Hugo Benima, born 1898, deported 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 5 February 1945, Oranienburg.
* Else Benima-Kamp, born 1902, deported 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 5 November 1942, Auschwitz.
* Manfred Benima, born 1924, deported 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 28 February 1943, Auschwitz.

* Abraham Moses Neis, born 1929, deported 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 5 November 1942, Auschwitz.

* Max David Wolff, born 1899, deported 1944 from Westerbork, murdered 5 December 1944, Kaufering.
* Margot Zerline Wolff-Cohn, born 1907, deported 1944 from Westerbork, murdered 1944, missing.
* Heinz David Wolff, born 1930, deported 1944 from Westerbork, murderd 24 January 1945.

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."