Stumbling Stones Anna van Burenlaan 69

Stumbling Stones Anna van Burenlaan 69 #3

STOLPERSTEINE / STUMBLING STONES
for
Sara Alter-Wertheim (born 1900, deported 18.5.1943 from Westerbork, murdered 21.5.1943 Sobibor)
Margaret Alter (born 1922, deported 13.7.1943 from Westerbork, murdered 16.7.1943 Sobibor)
Robbie Samuel Alter (born 1929, deported 18-5.1943 from Westerbork, murdered 21.5.1943 Sobibor)

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.

Sara Alter Wertheim
April 14, 1900 (Eindhoven) – May 21, 1943 (Sobibor)
Sara Wertheim was born on April 14, 1900 in Eindhoven as the daughter of the merchant and manufacturer of rubber articles, Samuel Wertheim and Mietje Presser. The family consisted of six children, four of whom survived the war.
On March 22, 1921, Sara Wertheim married Jacob Alter, who traded in shoemaker's haberdashery, in The Hague. After a few years in The Hague, where their daughter Margaret was born on March 27, 1922, they moved to Breda. Their son Robbie Samuel was born here on October 5, 1929. In January 1940 the family moved to Haarlem, where they lived at 69 Anna van Burenlaan. Jacob's father, the tailor Salomon Alter, moved with them and lived with them in Haarlem for a few months. According to the housing card, the family also had a live-in maid.
On November 5, 1942, the Haarlem police issued an arrest warrant against Sara Alter-Wertheim, her daughter Margaret and her son Robbie Samuel. They were suspected of having 'changed their place of residence without having the required permit'. So they were in hiding. It is unknown whether Jacob was in hiding with his wife and children or in another place. Jacob Alter was the only member of the family to survive the war.
On April 3, 1943 Sara arrived in Westerbork with her children. A month and a half later, on May 18, 1943, she and her son Robbie were deported to Sobibor, where Sara and Robbie were murdered immediately upon arrival.
Transport from Westerbork to Sobibor on May 18, 1943
Murdered in Sobibor on May 21, 1943
She was 43 years old

Margaret Alter
March 27, 1922 (The Hague) – July 16, 1943 (Sobibor)
Margaret Alter (nickname Ettie) was the eldest child of Jacob Alter and Sara Wertheim. She spent most of her youth in Breda, where in 1937 she wrote the following poem in the poetry album of her school friend Bep de Bruijn: 'When in a few years / you have made the decision / to become a nun / and in your black skirt / behind 4 thick walls / peering into your cell / and under all your books / looking up your album / and then finally sees it, / dear Bep don't forget me. Your friend Ettie Alter."
In January 1940 she moved with her parents, her younger brother Robbie and her grandfather Salomon Alter to Anna van Burenlaan 69 in Haarlem. In the first years of the war she held a position in Haarlem within the Dutch Israelite Community as a helper in the Joles Hospital, which was built as a Jewish hospital in 1930 with money from the estate of Mozes Joles.
According to a search warrant from the Haarlem police, Margaret and her family had gone into hiding before 5 November 1942. It is unknown where and when they were arrested, but on 3 April 1943 she was deported to Westerbork together with her mother and little brother. On July 13, 1943, almost two months after her mother and brother, she was also deported to Sobibor. There she was killed immediately upon arrival.
Transport from Westerbork to Sobibor on July 13, 1943
Murdered in Sobibor on July 16, 1943
She was 21 years old

Robbie Samuel Alter
October 5, 1929 (Breda) – May 21, 1943 (Sobibor)
Robbie Samuel Alter was born on October 5, 1929 in Breda as the youngest child of Jacob Alter and Sara Wertheim. He lived in Breda for the first ten years of his life. In January 1940 he moved with his parents, his older sister Margaret and his grandfather Salomon Alter to Anna van Burenlaan 69 in Haarlem.
According to an investigation warrant from the Haarlem police, Robbie and his family went into hiding before 5 November 1942. It is unknown where and when they were arrested, but on 3 April 1943 he was deported to Westerbork with his mother and older sister Margaret. A month and a half later, on May 18, 1943, he and his mother were deported to Sobibor, where both were murdered immediately upon arrival.
Transport from Westerbork to Sobibor on May 18, 1943
Murdered in Sobibor on May 21, 1943
He was 13 years old