Stumbling Stones Jansweg 14

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

Isidore Samuel van Emmen, born 1887, deported 31-8-1943 from Westerbork to Auschwitz there murdered on 3-9-1943.
Grietje van Emmen-de Leeuw, born 1895, deported on 31-8-1943 from Westerbork to Auschwitz murdered there on 3-9-1943.
Jeanette van Emmen, born 1920, deported on 22-1-1943 from Westerbork to Auschwitz there murdered on 3-9-1943.
Sonja Velleman-van Emmen, born 1922, deported on 31-8-1943 from Westerbork to Auschwitz and murdered there on 3-9-1943.

"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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