Stumbling Stones Hoogstraat 171

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on January 27, 2024, commemorate:
-Juda Lejbus CHORONZOWSKI (born 1902 in Poland, arrested 20-11-1942, deported via Mechelen on 15-1-1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Ruchla Laja LIBERMAN (born 1903 in Poland, deported via Mechelen on 15-1-1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Salomea CHORONZOWSKI (born 1926 in Poland, deported via Mechelen on 15-1-1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Chaskiel LENDNER (born 1911, deported via Mechelen on 15-8-1942, 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