Stumbling Stones Leon Spilliaertstraat 31

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 18-11-2023, commemorate:
Isidoor SZPIRO: born 1931, deported from Dossin barracks to Auschwitz in 1943, fate unknown.
Regina SZPIRO: born 1926, deported from Dossin barracks to Auschwitz in 1943, fate unknown.
Henriëtte SZPIRO: born 1928, deported from Dossin barracks to Auschwitz in 1943, fate unknown.
Joachim SPEiER-HOLLSTEIN: born 1926, murdered in Auschwitz on October 31, 1942.
Albert SCHINDLer: born 1925, murdered in Auschwitz on 1-9-1942.
Hermann SCHINDLER: born 1926, murdered in Auschwitz on 1-9-1942.
Simone SCHENDORF: born 1927, murdered in Auschwitz on 6-9-1942.

"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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• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck