Stumbling Stones Burgemeester Boreelstraat 4 zw

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 16-5-2024, commemorate:

Joost Bernhard van Praag, born 1910, deported 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 31-3-1943 in Central Europe.
Annelies van Praag-Hagens, born 1918, deported on 28-8-1942 from Westerbork and murdered there on 31-8-1942.

"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: Piet Sebregts
• https://www.struikelstenenhaarlem.nl/projecten/burgemeester-boreelstraat