Stumbling Stones Keverdijk 5

This small brass plaque (Stolperstein or Stumbling Stone), placed on 29-9-2019, commemorate:

Jachet Melcer, born 1893, interned in Camp Vught on 18-5-1943, deported from Westerbork to Sobibor on 8-6-1943 and murdered there on 11-6-1943.

"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."

Do you have more information about this location? Inform us!

Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Rob Hagenbeek
• https://www.struikelstenengooisemeren.nl/keverdijk-5-naarden/