Stumblin Stones Vrankenstraat hoek Marienbornstraat

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or Stumbling Stones), laid here on 13-4-2023 commemorate:

Gerard Joachim de Jong born 8-6-1879, murdered in Auschwitz on 26-10-1942
Leendert de Jong born 1-7-1921, murdered in Auschwitz on 30-9-1942
Meijer de Jong born 3-12-1923, murdered in Sobibor on 16-4-1943
Lena de Jong, born 26-7-1925, murdered in Auschwitz on 26-10-1942

The original address Knoopmakersgang 1 has disappeared. The stones were laid approximately where this house once stood.

"Stolpersteine" is an art project in Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism).
Stolpersteine (trip stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement 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."

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