Stolperstein Leveroyseweg 1

This brass plaque (Stolperstein or Stumbling Stones), commemorates:

SIENTJE ‘SEIN’ VECHT-COHEN (b. 1896, arrested 12-5-1944 Bloemendaal, deported 19-5-1944 from Westerbork, murdered 22-5-1944 Auschwitz) * The date of death on the stone is presumably incorrect.

This Stolperstein is here for a Jewish war victim, persecuted, deported and murdered in World War II.

‘Stolpersteine’ is an art project in Europe by Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of National Socialism (Nazism). Stolpersteine (trip stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the pavement in front of a residence of (mostly Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque bears the victim's name, date of birth and their fate. In this way, Gunter Demnig gives an individual memorial to each victim. One stone, one name, one person. He quotes the Talmud: ‘A person is forgotten only when his or her name is forgotten.’

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Hans Tasma
• - Sientje Vecht-Cohen