Stumbling Stones Tweede Oosterparkstraat 245

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

* JOSEPH DE ZWARTE, born 1911, deported October 19, 1943 from Westerbork, murdered on March 31, 1944 in Central Europe.
* KLAARTJE DE ZWARTE-WALVISCH, born 1911, deported July 13, 1943 from Westerbork, murdered on July 16, 1943 in Sobibor.

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
• JOSEPH DE ZWARTE, Joodmonument.nl
• KLAARTJE DE ZWARTE-WALVISCH, Joodsmonument.nl