These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 14-4-2024, commemorate:
Machiel Levie Roos, born 1887, arrested 17-11-1942, deported 24-11-1942 from Westerbork to Auschwitz and murdered there 27-11-1942.
Geertuida Roos-Serphos, born 1852, arrested 17-11-1942, died on 1-12-1942 in Westerbork.
"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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