Stumbling Stone Oldenhuisstraat 2

This small brass plaque (Stolperstein or Stumbling Stone) laid on 17 April 2024 commemorates:
Hendrik Stijve, born 25 November 1924, succumbed on 29 December1944 in Neuengamme).

Hendrik was born in Ten Boer. At a young age (15), he joined the Resistance together with Tamme Hendrik Afman. On 25 August 1944, he was arrested and transferred to Camp Amersfoort on 29 August 1944. On 10 September, he was deported to Neuengamme. He dies there on 29 December 1944, aged only 20, of heart failure.

"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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Source

• Text: Bert Deelman
• Photos: Bert Deelman
• https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/tijdlijn/Hendrik+Stijve/86/9776