Stumbling Stones Langestraat 38

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 30-09-2019, commemorate:
Rebekka Menko-Meijboom, (born 1875, deported 1943, murdered 14-05-1943, Sobibor)
Barend Salli Menko, (born 1918, deported 1941, murdered 10-10-1941, Mauthausen)
Mathilde Simon, (born 1917, deported 1943, murdered 09-07-1943, Sobibor)
Selma Simon, (born 1942, arrested 1943, died 22-05-1943, Vught)

"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