Stumbling Stone Verlengde Hereweg 42

This small brass plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), placed on April 3, 2024, commemorates:
Joseph Elias van Hasselt (born 1874, murdered in Auschwitz on 2-11-1942).

He was a wealthy entrepreneur who owned a large machine-knitting factory in the Helpman district. As a shareholder in a construction company, he had the Helperbad built, among other things. He was a person of high standing. His uncle was Simon van Hasselt, the schoolmaster. The clock on Helperbrink is a gift from Joseph Elias van Hasselt and his name is on the dial.

"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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