Stumbling Stones P.C. Hooftstraat 4

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

Tobias Sjouwerman, born 1886, deported on 23-3-1943 from Westerbork to Sobibor and murdered there on 26-3-1943.
Geertuida Sjouwerman-Polak, born 1892, deported on 23 March 1943 from Westerbork to Sobibor and murdered there on 26 March 1943.
Alexander Sjouwerman, born 1914, deported on 23-3-1943 from Westerbork to Sobibor and murdered there on 26-3-1943.

"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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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Piet Sebregts
• https://www.struikelstenenhaarlem.nl/wie-en-waar-2/pc-hooftstraat