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Stumbling Stones Linnaeuskade 24

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

* SAMUEL JESSURUN DE MESQUITA, born 1868, deported February 8, 1944 from Westerbork, murdered on February 11, 1944 in Auschwitz.
* JACOB JESSURUN DE MESQUITA, born 1905, deported 25 februari 1944 from Westerbork, murdered on March 30, 1944 in Theresienstadt.
* ELISABETH JESSURUN DE MESQUITA-PINEDO, born 1874, deported February 8, 1944 from Westerbork, murdered on February 11, 1944 in Auschwitz.

These Stumbling Stones are here for 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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