Stumbling Stones Stationsstraat 6

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

Abraham Gans, born 1865, interned in Camp Vught, deported from Westerbork to Sobibor on 18-5-1943 and murdered there on 21-5-1943.
Emma Gans-Drievoet, born 1865, interned in Camp Vught, deported from Westerbork to Sobibor on 18-5-1943 and murdered there on 21-5-1943.
Hanna Schwab, deported from Westerbork to Theresienstadt in 1943, missing.

"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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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Arjan Hell
• https://www.joodsmonument.nl/nl/page/110497/stationsstraat-6-winterswijk