Stumbling Stones Van de Sande Bakhuyzenstraat

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Hartog Platvoet (born. 1896, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 2 april 1943 Sobibor)
Betje Platvoet-Polak (born.1897, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 2 April 1943 Sobibor)
Salomon Platvoet (born 1918, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 21 January 1945 somewhere in the middle of Europe)
Duifje Platvoet (born. 1921, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 2 July 1943 Sobibor)
Hartog Platvoet (born. 1925, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 17 September 1943 Auschwitz)
Maurice Platvoet (born. 1926, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 9 July 1943 Sobibor)

The small copper plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were persecuted and mostly murdered by the National-Socialists, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other cities, mainly in Germany but also in other European countries, the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

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