Stumbling Stones Hoogstraat 155

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on January 27, 2024, commemorate:
-Moszek Nimasza ROTKER (born 1893 in Warsaw, deported via Mechelen on 31-7-1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Rosalie GEWANDSZNAJDER (born 1896 in Warsaw, deported via Mechelen on 31-7-1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Laja ROTKER (born 1920 in Warsaw, deported via Mechelen on 31-7-1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
- Mirla ROTKER (born 1924 in Warsaw, deported via Mechelen in 1942, murdered in Auschwitz)

"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