Stumbling Stones Monument Villa De Hoeve Laren

On May 4, 2023, a monument and 29 Stolpersteine were unveiled at Hein Keverweg 1 in Laren.
This Stolpersteine Monument commemorates the Pension de Hoeve that was located here at the time. During the Second World War, 32 Jews hid in this boarding house. Most of them were eventually caught after betrayal and deported. 29 of them did not survive their stay in the camps.
The monument was unveiled by the only surviving relative, Leonard Vis, who was still alive at the time of unveiling.

The Stumbling Stones commemorate:
Jacob Eliazer Boas,
Rachel Vles-Knoop,
Mary Boas,
Selma Marie Boas,
Esther Knoop,
Baruch de Lopez de Leao Laguna,
Meijer Max Mot,
Meijer Polak,
Maurits Duveen,
Julia Duveen-Cheim,
Reina Sophia Polak Samuels,
Samuel Ikkersheim,
Sara Ikkersheim Sarpathie,
Willem Daniel Ikkersheim,
Abraham Vogel,
Rachel Vogel Bleekrode,
Vrouwtje Bleekrode-Presser,
Samuel Bleekrode,
Regina Bleekrode,
Eva Gobits Bleekrode,
Paul Bleekrode,
Robert Sem Gobits,
Selma Jeannette Van Kollem-Van der Sluis,
Benjamin van der Sluis,
Samuel van der Sluis,
Clara van Kollem,
Esther Boas-van Kollem,
Netty Mathijse,
Flora Mathijse-Leefman.

The small brass plaques of 10 by 10 cm, 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 and villages, 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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Source

• Text: Traces of War
• Photos: Willem Visser