Stumbling Stones Eerste Van Swindenstraat 22

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

* LOUIS SMIT geb. 1894, deported August, 24, 1943 from Westerbork, murdered on August 27, 1943 in Auschwitz.
* ROSA SMIT-OURHAAN, geb. 1900, deported August, 24, 1943 from Westerbork, murdered on August 27, 1943 in Auschwitz.
* BERNARD SMIT, geb. 1925, deported August, 24, 1943 from Westerbork, murdered on December 26, 1943 in Auschwitz.
* MAURICE LEONARD SMIT, geb. 1930, deported August, 24, 1943 from Westerbork, murdered on August 27, 1943 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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Source

• Text: Dick de Bruijne
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne
• Louis Smit, Joodmonument
• Rosa Smit-Ourhaan, Joodmonument
• Bernard Smit, Joodmonument
• Maurice Leonard Smit, Joodmonument