Stumbling Stones Overboslaan 40

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 05-05-2024, commemorate:

* FRITZ LASER (born 1896, deported 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 31-03-1944, Auschwitz).
* EDIT LASER-LÖWENSTEIN (born 1911, deported 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 19-11-1943, Auschwitz).
* GUSTAV HEIJMANN (born 1867, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 14-05-1943 Sobibor).
* ELSE LASER-SACHS (born 1873, deported 1942 from Westerbork, murdered 19-11-1943, Auschwitz).
* HEINZ LÖWENSTEIN (born 1919, shot 29-02-1944, Den Haag). Heinz Löwenstein was one of the 18 Oranje Vrijbuiters. They were the first resistance fighters to be shot.
* SELMA HEIJMANN-KAUFMANN (born 1875, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 14-05-1943 Sobibor).

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims, persecuted, deported and 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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Source

• Text: Dick de Bruijne
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne
• Fritz Laser, joodsmonument
• Edit Laser-Löwenstein, joodsmonument
• Gustav Heijmann, joodsmonument
• Else Laser-Sachs, joodsmonument
• Heinz Löwenstein, joodsmonument
• Selma Heijmann-Kaufmann, joodsmonument