Stumbling Stones Hoogstraat 188

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 13-0-2016, commemorate:

* HELENE CHARENZOWSKI (born 1934 Brussels, arrested November 1942, interned Mechelen, deported 15-1-1943, Auschwitz murdered)
* LEON CHARENZOWSKI (born 1936 Brussels, arrested November 1942, interned Mechelen, deported 15-1-1943, Auschwitz murdered)
* ESTERA PYTEL (born 1909 Poland, interned Mechelen, deported 15-1-1943, Auschwitz murdered)

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