Stumbling Stones Pres. Steijnstraat 99

STOLPERSTEIN / STUMBLING STONE
for:
Abraham Cohen Rodriques
Flora Cohen Rodrigues-Winnink

The German artist Gunter Demnig started placing the first Stolpersteine in 1997 in the Berlin's Kreuzberg district.
Meanwhile there are Stolpersteine in many countries.
It reminds the Holocaust in World War II.
A Stolperstein is a concrete stone of 10 x 10cm, with a brass plate on top, in which the name, date of birth and decease and also place of decease is punched into.
The Stolperstein gets a place in the pavement in front of the former house of the victim.
By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives a private memorial to each victim.
His motto is: 'A HUMAN BEING IS FORGOTTEN ONLY WHEN HIS OR HER NAME IS FORGOTTEN'.

Borne was the first town in the Netherlands in which Stolpersteine were placed.
This happened the 29-11-2007.

Abraham Cohen Rodrigues
February 8, 1884 (Amsterdam) – October 15, 1942 (Auschwitz)
Abraham Cohen Rodrigues was born in Amsterdam as the fifth child of the merchant Josua Cohen Rodrigues and his wife Rachel Messias. They had nine children, two of whom died before their first birthday. The family was a member of the Portuguese Israelite Congregation.
On January 27, 1909, Abraham married Flora Winnink in Amsterdam, a younger sister of Marianne Hansen-Winnink, for whom a stumbling stone was laid at her house at 91rd President Steijnstraat. At his marriage his occupation is listed as cigar maker and in 1942, at the marriage of his youngest daughter, cigar manufacturer. Together Abraham and Flora had five children: Joshua (1909), Branca (1910), Hijman (1912), Salomon (1914) and Rachel (1922). Their first four children were born in Amsterdam, but from the 1920s they lived in Haarlem-Noord (then still the municipality of Schoten), where their youngest daughter Rachel was born. After several other addresses in Haarlem, they settled in February 1938 at President Steijnstraat 99rd. With the exception of Rachel, all their children survived the war. Rachel was in the resistance during the war. She was deported to Auschwitz via Ravensbrück and murdered there on 12 October 1942. Rachel turned 20 years old.
Between the end of August and the beginning of October 1942, Abraham and Flora were deported from Haarlem. The exact date of their arrest is unknown and their date of arrival in Westerbork is also not registered. It is striking that Abraham was unable (or unwilling?) to benefit from his Portuguese-Jewish descent, which for many offered temporary protection. On 12 October 1942, a week after his wife, Abraham was deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz, where he was killed immediately upon arrival.
Transport from Westerbork on October 12, 1942
Murdered in Auschwitz on October 15, 1942
He was 58 years old

Flora Cohen Rodrigues Winnink
January 23, 1887 (Amsterdam) – October 8, 1942 (Auschwitz)
Flora Winnink was born in Amsterdam on January 23, 1887 as the daughter of the diamond cutter and cigar maker Hijman Winnink and his wife Branca Speijer, whose profession is listed as 'hat maker'. The family had seven children, two of whom died in infancy. Besides Flora, her older sister Marianne and her younger brother Isaac were also killed in the war. A stumbling stone has been placed for her sister Marianne Hansen-Winnink at her last home address at 91rd President Steijnstraat, a few houses from Flora's home address.
On January 27, 1909, Flora Winnink married the two years older cigar maker Abraham Cohen Rodrigues in Amsterdam. As her profession it is stated that she was a day maid - in contrast to the live-in maid that was customary at the time. Flora and Abraham had five children: Joshua (1909), Branca (1910), Hijman (1912), Salomon (1914) and Rachel (1922). Their first four children were born in Amsterdam, but from the 1920s they lived in Haarlem-Noord (then still the municipality of Schoten), where their youngest daughter Rachel was born. After several other addresses in Haarlem, they settled in February 1938 at President Steijnstraat 99rd. With the exception of Rachel, their children survived the war.
At an unknown time between the end of August and the beginning of October 1942, Abraham and Flora were deported from Haarlem. As with her husband, the date of Flora's arrival in Westerbork has not been registered. Despite the fact that her registration card also mentions that she was a member of the P(ortugees) I(sraelite) G(emeente), this did not lead to a postponement of deportation. On 5 October 1942, a week earlier than her husband, Flora was deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz, where she was killed immediately upon arrival.
Transport from Westerbork on 5 October 1942
Murdered in Auschwitz on October 8, 1942
She was 55 years old