Stumbling Stones Ratumsestraat 17

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 21-4-2024, commemorate:

Joseph Wolfstein, born 1904, forced labour Oud Leusden, deported from Camp Vught to Auschwitz on 15-11-1943 and murdered there on 31-1-1944.
Harriette Johanna Wolfstein-Meijler, born 1909, deported on 15-11-1943 from Camp Vught to Auschwitz and murdered there on 31-1-1944.

"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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• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Arjan Hell