Stumbling Stones Jan de Wittstraat 51

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 14-4-2024, commemorate:

Mordechai Sons, born 1896, arrested 20-10-1942, deported 23-10-1942 from Westerbork to Auschwitz and murdered in Silesia.
Rosettte Sons-Kool, born 1897, arrested 20-10-1942, deported 23-10-1942 from Westerbork to Auschwitz and murdered there on 26-10-1942.

"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: Arjan Hell
• https://www.joodsmonument.nl/nl/page/47041/jan-de-wittstraat-51-nijmegen