Stumbling Stone Sleistraat 8

This small brass plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), placed 6-5-2023, commemorates:
Urbain VAN DEN DRIESSCHE (born 1922, murdered 6-1-1945 Neuengamme)
The Stolperstein has now been made virtually unreadable.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project for Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism).
Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of a residence of (mostly Jewish) victims who were murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved with the victim’s name, date of birth, and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death. By doing this, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He cites the Talmud: "A human being is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten."

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck