Stumbling Stones Nieuwe Amstelstraat 24

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

* WILLEM DE VRIES, born 1916, deported August 24, 1942 from Westerbork, murdered Aeptember 30, 1942 in Auschwitz.
* JUDITH DE VRIES-BLUHM, born 1919, deported August 24, 1942 from Westerbork, murdered Aeptember 30, 1942 in Auschwitz.
* DUIFJE DE VRIES, born 1941, deported August 24, 1942 from Westerbork, murdered August, 26, 1942 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
• Willem de Vries, Joodsmonument
• Judith de Vries-Bluhm, Joodsmonument
• Duifje de Vries, Joodsmonument