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Stumbling Stones 's-Gravesandeplein 3

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

* SALOMON POP, born 1907, deported July 13, 1943 from Westerbork, murdered July 16, 1943 in Sobibor.
* ANNA POP-VUISJE, born 1918, deported July 13, 1943 from Westerbork, murdered July 16, 1943 in Sobibor.
* LEO POP, geb. 1934, ondergedoken 1943, bevrijd 17 september 1944 in Heerlen
* JOHNNY POP, geb. 1938, ondergedoken 1943, bevrijd 18 september 1944 in Geleen.

These Stumbling Stones are here for two Jewish war victims deported and murdered 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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