These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 18-10-2023, commemorate:
Jacob Courant, born 1917, interned in Westerbork and deported to Sobibor on 25-4-1943 and murdered there on 28-4-1943.
Hanna Courant-Leijden van Amstel, born 1916, interned in Westerbork and deported to Sobibor on 25-4-1943 and murdered there on 28-4-1943.
Nanny Courant, born 1940, fled from Germany, interned in Westerbork and deported to Sobibor on 25-4-1943 and murdered there on 28-4-1943.
Irmgard Rosemann, born 1920, interned in Westerbork and deported to Sobibor on 17-3-1943 and murdered there on 20-3-1943.
"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."
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