Stumbling Stones Nieuwe Amstelstraat 16

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

* HARTOG KRANT, born 1857, deported April 13 1943 from Westerbork, murdered April 16, 1943 in Sobibor.
* JOHANNA KRANT, born 1888, deported April 6 1943 from Westerbork, murdered April 9, 1943 in Sobibor.

* MIETJE WURMS-NIJKERK, born 1864, deported January 18, 1943 from Westerbork, murdered January 21, 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
• Hartog Krant, Joodsmonument
• Johanna Krant, Joodsmonument
• Mietje Wurms-Nijkerk, Joodsmonument