Stumbling Stones Baron Ruzettelaan 435

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 7-12-2024, commemorate:

* ALBERT DE BACKER - BROTHER JANNEN (born 1916, resistance fighter, arrested 3-5-1943, deported, murdered 26-6-1944 in Sieburg).
* MAURICE STEYVAERT - BROTHER LEO (born 1901, resistance fighter, arrested 2-5-1943, executed 21-9-1943 Oostakker).

These Stolpersteine lie here for resistance fighters, persecuted, deported and/or murdered in World War II.

Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small, 10x10cm brass plaques placed in the sidewalk in front of the last voluntary residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the victim’s, date of birth, and fate. 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