Stumbling Stones Marktstraat 241

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed in August 2023, commemorate:
-Theophiel CORNU (born 1893, secret army resistance fighter, arrested 28-7-1944, death march Blankenburg, murdered 7-4-1945 Halberstadt).
-Karel-Amede CORNU (born 1920, secret army resistance fighter, arrested 28-7-1944, murdered 19-11-1944 Meppen-Versen).

"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 a residence of (mostly Jewish) victims who were murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved 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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• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck