Stumbling Stone Plantage Middenlaan 31

This small brass plaque (Stolperstein or Stumbling Stone), laid here at the place where she lived and worked commemorates:

Henriette Pimentel, born 1876, arrested 23-7-1943, deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz on 14-9-1943 and murdered there on 17-9-1943.

In 1926, Henriette Pimentel was appointed director of the Jewish crèche in Amsterdam. From the beginning of October 1942, the crèche effectively became an annex to the Hollandsche Schouwburg, located across the street. Children of parents waiting there for transport to Westerbork were accommodated in the crèche. Together with Walter Süskind, she tried to get as many children as possible to escape from the crèche. She was arrested on 26 April 1943 and taken to Westerbork and murdered in Auschwitz on 17-9-1943.

‘Stolpersteine’ is an art project in Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism).
Stolpersteine (trip stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of a residence of (mostly Jewish) victims murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved with the victim's name, date of birth and place (usually a Concentration Camp) and date of death. In this way, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He quotes the Talmud: ‘A person is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten.’

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