Stumbling Stones Hoogstraat 121

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on January 25, 2024, commemorate:
-Lejb Joseph GINGER (born in Poland 1888, deported via Mechelen to Auschwitz on 15-8-1942, murdered there)
-Cyrla BUCHMAN (born in Poland 1890, deported via Mechelen to Auschwitz on 15-8-1942, murdered there)
-Estera Frymata GINGER (born in Poland 1920, deported via Mechelen to Auschwitz on 15-8-1942, murdered there)
-Icehek Mojsesz GINGER (born in Poland 1923, deported via Mechelen to Auschwitz on 15-8-1942, murdered there)

"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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• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck