Stumbling Stones Gortestraat 21

‘Here was Gortestraat 21’

These brass memorial plaque (Stolpersteine or stumbling stone), placed on 28-8-2024, commemorates:

ABRAHAM WALLACH, ( geb. 1856, overleden 1-2-1943 Amsterdam)
GRIETJE WALLACH-GOBETS, (geb. 1867, 4-5-1943 gedeporteerd uit Westerbork, vermoord 7-5-1943 Sobibor)

These Stolpersteine are here for Jewish war victims, excluded, prosecuted. deported and murdered in World War II.

"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 sidewalk in front of a residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the name of the victim, date of birth and the fate of these people. 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: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Piet Sebregts
• - Gortestraat 21, Haarlem
  
• - https://www.struikelstenenhaarlem.nl/wie-en-waar-2/gortestraat