Stumbling Stones Wijkselaan 1

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

* ALBERT PHILIPP HIRSCH (born 1912, fled 1942 France, interned Gross Rosen. Flossenbürg, escaped April 1945, survived).
* HENDRIKA MARIANNA HIRSCH-VAN DER RIJN (born 1917, fled 1942 France, deported, murdered 22-06-1943, Auschwitz).

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
• Albert Philipp Hirsch, joodsonument.
• Hendrika Marianna Hirsch-van der Rijn, joodsonument.