Stumbling Stone Casinostraat 23

This small brass plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), placed on 23-8-2024,
commemorates:
Richard VAN BRITSOM (born 1900, resistance fighter, arrested for espionage on 11-4-1943, shot in Schaerbeek on 18-2-1944).

"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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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck