Stumbling Stone Boterdiep 22a

This small brass plaque (Stolperstein or Stumbling Stone) which was laid on 3-9-2024, commemorates:

HENDELLENE BOLLEGRAAF-ISRAEL (born 1885, interned 28-11-1942, deported 8-12-1942 from Westerbork, murdered 11-12-1942 Auschwitz).

Hendellena Bollegraaf was the widow of Abraham Bollegraaf, in life a non-commissioned officer in the colonial reserve.

‘Stolpersteine’ is an art project in Europe by Gunter Demnig commemorating victims of National Socialism (Nazism).
Stolpersteine (trip stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of a residence of (mostly Jewish) victims murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque bears the victim's name, year of birth and place (usually a Concentration Camp) and date of death. In this way, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He quotes the Talmud: ‘A person is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten.’

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Bert Deelman
• https://www.joodsmonument.nl/nl/page/137059/hendellena-bollegraaf-israel