Stumbling Stones Spoorstraat 51

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or trip stones), which were laid on 26-11-2023 commemorate:

Mourits Menco born 1894
After being interned in the Jewish Work Camp De Landweer in Elsloo on 10-11-1942 deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz, murdered on 31-3-1943 in Central Europe.
Sophie Menco-Heilbronn born 1893,
deported on 10-11-1942 from Westerbork to Auschwitz and murdered there on 13-11-1942.
Ida Menco born 1921,
deported on 10-11-1942 from Westerbork to Auschwitz and murdered there on 13-11-1942.
Bertha Menco born 1927,
deported on 10-11-1942 from Westerbork to Auschwitz and murdered there on 13-11-1942.
"Stolpersteine" is an art project in Europe by Gunter Demnig commemorating victims of National Socialism (Nazism).
Stolpersteine (trip stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the sidewalk in front of a residence of (mostly Jewish) victims murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved with the victim's name, date of birth and place (usually a concentration camp) and date of death. In this way, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He quotes the Talmud: "A person is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten."

Borne was the first place in the Netherlands where Stolpersteine were laid. This happened on 29-11-2007

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