Stumbling Stones Verbindingsstraat 31

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 23-8-2024,
commemorate:
Rachel BOUWERAERTS (1898) and Dionysius VAN MIEGHEM (1920). Both were resistance fighters from the "Independence Front". They were arrested in St.Niklaas on April 30, 1941 for spreading illegal press and helping people who refused to work in hiding. They were abused but later released.

"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