Stumbling Stones Duvenvoordestraat 110

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

Van Dam family

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.

SARA HENDRIKA VAN DAM
January 7th, 1895 (Haarlem) - April 30th, 1943 (Sobibor)
DUVENVOORDESTRAAT 110
Sara Hendrika van Dam grew up in Haarlem in a family with an older brother, Jacob Alexander, and a younger sister, Hendrika Clara. She attended the girls' secondary school and passed her final exams at the HBS in 1913. Then she worked as an office clerk. After the marriage and departure of her brother (1922) and the death of their father (1925) and mother (1937), she and her younger sister, Hendrika Clara, continued to live in their parental home at Duvenvoordestraat 110. Both sisters were unmarried .
On October 29, 1942, an arrest warrant was issued against Sara and her sister Hendrika. They were suspected of having 'changed their place of residence without having the required permit'. So the sisters were in hiding. It is unknown where and by whom they were betrayed. On April 20, 1943 they were deported to Westerbork and a week later Sara was deported to Sobibor, where she was killed immediately upon arrival.
Transport from Westerbork to Sobibor on April 27, 1943.
Murdered in Sobibor on April 30, 1943.
She was 48 years old.

HENDRIKA CLARA VAN DAM
September 5th, 1896 (Haarlem) - July 2nd, 1943 (Sobibor)
DUVENVOORDESTRAAT 110
Hendrika Clara van Dam lived with her older sister Sara in their parental home at 110 Duvenvoordestraat. She was unmarried and, according to the registration card of the Jewish council, had no occupation. In 1942 she and her sister went into hiding, as appears from a search warrant from the Haarlem police. They must have been betrayed, because on April 20, 1943, Hendrika was deported to Westerbork together with her sister Sara. More than two months later, Hendrika was deported to Sobibor, where she was murdered immediately upon arrival.
Transport from Westerbork to Sobibor on June 29, 1943.
Murdered in Sobibor on July 2, 1943.
She was 46 years old.

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Source

• Text: Reini Elkerbout
• Photos: Reini Elkerbout