Stumbling Stones Oudaenstraat 15

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:

family Meliono

The small copper plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were murdered by the Nazis, 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.

MARCUS MELIONO
December 3rd, 1910 (Amsterdam) - March 20th, 1943 (Sobibor)
15 OLDEN STREET
Marcus Meliono was born in Amsterdam, first worked as a diamond cutter and then as a fabric and ribbon merchant on the market in the Dapperstraat. He took over the place from his father when he passed away. On May 8, 1940 he married Margaretha Cauveren. They went to live at Oudaenstraat 15 in Haarlem. Their daughter Jetje was born there on May 9, 1941.
According to a search warrant issued by the Haarlem police in December 1942, Marcus and his family had gone into hiding. Marcus lived in Rotterdam with his wife Margaretha. They had their daughter go into hiding in August 1942 at an address in The Hague.
Marcus and Margaretha were betrayed and arrested in 1943. Marcus then stayed in the house of Detention in Rotterdam from 6 to 13 February and was deported from there to Westerbork. On March 17, 1943, he and his wife were deported to Sobibor, where both were murdered immediately upon arrival. Their daughter was betrayed in March 1944 and deported to Westerbork. There, together with other orphans (group 'unknown children'), she was put on a transport on September 13 to Bergen Belsen and Theresienstadt. There she was liberated in May 1945, after which she returned to the Netherlands.
Transport from Westerbork to Sobibor, 17 March 1943
Murdered in Sobibor, March 20, 1943
He was 32 years old.

MARGARETHA FREDERIKA MELIONO-CAUVEREN
January 8th, 1914 (Amsterdam) - March 20th, 1943 (Sobibor)
15 OLDEN STREET
Margaretha Frederika Cauveren was born in Amsterdam (Watergraafsmeer). After her father's death, her mother remarried. In 1930 the family moved to The Hague, where her father worked as a merchant. Later she worked as a seamstress in Laren, probably at her uncle's company. On April 25, 1940, she married Marcus Meliono, who worked as a market vendor in fabrics and ribbons. Together they went to live at 15 Oudaenstraat in Haarlem. Their daughter Jetje was born there on May 9, 1941.
According to a search warrant from the Haarlem police of December 1942, the family went into hiding in 1942. Margaretha was in Rotterdam together with Marcus. They had their daughter go into hiding at an address in The Hague.
In 1943 Margaretha was betrayed and arrested together with her husband. They were deported to Westerbork. On March 17, they were deported from Westerbork to Sobibor, where both were murdered immediately upon arrival. Their daughter was betrayed in 1944 and deported to Westerbork. There she was deported to Bergen Belsen and Theresienstadt on September 13, 1944, together with other orphans (group 'unknown children'). She survived the war.
Transport from Westerbork to Sobibor, 17 March 1943
Murdered in Sobibor, March 20, 1943
She was 29 years old.