Stumbling Stones Van Laerstraat 19

These brass memorial plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:
MARTIN MAYER (born 1877, murdered 14 May 1943, Sobibor)

A Jewish man from Germany, aged 61. He walked with a cane and like all Jewish Blericken residents, was a Jewish refugee from Germany. He resided on van Laerstraat from 1938. Had he remained in Germany, with his then virulent anti-Semitism, he would have been deported in July of 1942 at the latest. Once in Blerick, it happened 8 months later. On Friday, April 9, 1943, Mr. Mayer was arrested and transferred to Camp Vught with 6 others. On May 9, he was taken to camp Westerbork and on May 11, with the 11th transport to Sobibor. Immediately upon arrival on May 14, 1943, he was murdered in Sobibor at the age of 66. He had lived in Blerick for five years, at that time. The Mayer family was not spared any suffering.

Today his name came back to Blerick, at his last known home address. In my mind I spoke your name, you are not forgotten.

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims, persecuted, deported and/or 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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• Text: Herdenken in Venlo
• Photos: Herdenken in Venlo
• Martin Mayer | Joods Monument