Stumbling Stones Rijksstraatweg 49

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
- Philippus van Coevorden (born 1888, deported 3.9.1944 from Westerbork, murdered 6.9.1944 Auschwitz)
- Sientje van Coevorden-van Wezel (born 1886, deported 3.9.1944 from Westerbork, murdered 6.9.1944 Auschwitz)
- Josephus Arthur van Coevorden (born 1919, deported 1944 from Westerbork murdered 28.4.1945 Pölling)

The small brass plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were persecuted or murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other cities, mainly in Germany but also in other European countries, the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Piet Sebregts