Stumbling Stone Schoonoordlaan 10

This memorial stone (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorates:

Carolina Happé-van Dam

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.

CAROLIEN ISABEL HAPPÉ-VAN DAM
April 3, 1909 (Amsterdam) - January 31, 1944 (Auschwitz)
SCHOONOORDLAAN 10
Carolien Isabel (Carry) van Dam was the youngest daughter of the Amsterdam butcher Salomon van Dam and Sophie Souweine. She had an older sister, Edmée, who worked as an executive secretary in The Hague.
In 1926 Carry passed her HBS-B final exam. Four years later she married her former classmate Wim Happé. He worked in his family business for chocolate and confectionery in Amsterdam, which he took over from his father in 1930.
They went to live in Heemstede, where their son Erik was born on April 22, 1931. Their son Wouter was born on August 22, 1934, and later that year they moved to Haarlem.
In 1942, Carry and Wim were forced to move to Amsterdam due to the anti-Jewish measures and Erik and Wouter were placed with other families. In September 1943 the family was reunited in a vacant house in Amsterdam.
In mid-September, Carry was arrested during a street check and was held captive for six weeks in the Hollandsche Schouwburg.
On 29 October 1943 she was deported to camp Vught.
On November 15, 1943, Carry was deported directly from Vught to Auschwitz. Carry was murdered there on January 31, 1944 at the latest.
Wim and their children survived the war and moved back to Haarlem. Her father and sister lived in hiding places and also survived the war. Her mother died at the end of 1941 from cancer.
Transport from camp Vught to Auschwitz on November 15, 1943
Murdered in Auschwitz on January 31, 1944. Carry was 34 years old

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Source

• Text: Reini Elkerbout
• Photos: Reini Elkerbout