Stumbling Stones Nieuwe Gracht 19

This small brass plaque (Stolperstein or Stumbling Stone), commemorate:

Louis Samuel van Emmen, born 1885, deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz on 3-3-1944 and murdered there on 6-3-1944.

"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/50924/nieuwe-gracht-19-haarlem