Stumbling Stones Hoogstraat 173

These small brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed in 2022, commemorate:

-Anna BORNSTEIN (born 1920 in Germany, arrested 29-7-1942, deported via Mechelen on 4-8-1942, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Ella BORNSTEIN (born 1922 in Germany, arrested 29-7-1942, deported via Mechelen on 4-8-1942, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Szulim HOFMAN (born 1897 in Poland, deported via Mechelen on 31-10-1942, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Perla CHARENZOWSKA (born 1897 in Poland, arrested in November 1942, deported via Mechelen in 1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Sara MENDLEWICE (born 1927 in Poland, arrested on 20-11-1942, deported via Mechelen on 15-1-1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Madeleine MENDLEWICE (born 1931, arrested on 20-11-1942, deported via Mechelen on 15-1-1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Menasze POSESORSKI (born 1907 in Poland, arrested on 18-11-1942, deported via Mechelen on 15-1-1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Leja MENDZYLEWSKA (born 1908 in Poland, arrested on 18-11-1942, deported via Mechelen on 15-1-1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Josef POSESORSKI (born 1933, arrested on 18-11-1942, deported via Mechelen on 15-1-1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Claude POSESORSKI (born 1937, arrested on 18-11-1942, deported via Mechelen on 15-1-1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Albert POSESORSKI (born 1941, arrested on 18-11-1942, deported via Mechelen on 15-1-1943, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Fajgla POTASIEWICZ (born 1907 in Poland, arrested and deported via Mechelen in 1944, liberated from Auschwitz)
-Joseph Leib POTASIEWICZ (born 1896 in Poland, arrested on 28-10-1943, deported via Mechelen in 1944, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Mirla POTASIEWICZ–OKSENHENDLER (born 1899 in Poland, arrested in January 1944, deported via Mechelen in 1944, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Frida POTASIEWICZ (born 1923 in Germany, arrested on 10-8-1942, deported via Mechelen in 1942, murdered in Auschwitz)
-Abraham POTASIEWICZ (born 1928, arrested, deported via Mechelen in 1944, 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