Stumbling Stones Jansstraat 12

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), commemorate:

Isaac Lessing, born 1879, deported 29-6-1943 from Westerbork to Sobibor and murdered there on 2-7-1943.
Esther Lessing, born 1881, deported 24-8-1943 from Westerbork to Auschwitz and murdered there on 27-8-1943.

"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.joodsmonument.nl/nl/page/51068/jansstraat-12-haarlem