Stumbling Stones Waalstraat 39

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

* GRETHE DE MIRANDA-WEINER, born 1900, deported September 4, 1944 from Westerbork to Theresienstadt, liberated.
*JACOB 'JAAP' DE MIRANDA, born 1905, deported September 4, 1944 from Westerbork to Theresienstadt, liberated.

These Stumbling Stones are here for Jewish war victims deported and liberated in the Second World War.

"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 the last voluntary residence of (mostly Jewish) victims who were murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is punched 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: Dick de Bruijne
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne