Stumbling Stones Hoogstraat 173

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones) commemorate:

* ANNA BORNSTEIN (born 1920 Germany, arrested 29-7-1942, interned Mechelen, deported 4-8-1942, Auschwitz murdered)
* ELLA BORNSTEIN (born 1922 Germany, arrested 29-7-1942, interned Mechelen, deported 4-8-1942, Auschwitz murdered)
* SZULIM HOFMAN (born 1897 Poland, interned Mechelen, deported 31-10-1942, Auschwitz murdered)
* PERLA CHARENZOWSKA (born 1897 Poland) arrested November 1942, interned Mechelen, deported 1943, Auschwitz murderd)
* SARA MENDLEWICE (born 1927 Poland, arrested 20-11-1942, interned Mechelen, deported 15-1-1943, Auschwitz murdered)
* MADELEINE MENDLEWICE (born 1931, arrested 20-11-1942, interned Mechelen, deported 15-1-1943, Auschwitz murdered)
* MENASZE POSESORSKI (born 1907 Poland, arrested 18-11-1942, interned Mechelen, deported 15-1-1943, Auschwitz murdered)
* LEJA MENDZYLEWSKA (born 1908 Poland, arrested 18-11-1942, interned Mechelen, deported 15-1-1943, Auschwitz murdered)
* JOSEF POSESORSKI (born 1933, arrested 18-11-1942, interned Mechelen, deported 15-1-1943, Auschwitz murdered)
* CLAUDE POSESORSKI (born 1937, arrested 18-11-1942, interned Mechelen, deported 15-1-1943, Auschwitz murdered)
* ALBERT POSESORSKI (born 1941, arrested 18-11-1942, interned Mechelen, deported 15-1-1943, Auschwitz murdered)
* FAIGLA POTASIEWICZ (born 1907 Poland, arrested and interned Mechelen, deported 1944, Auschwitz liberated)
* JOSEPH LEIB POTASIEWICZ (born 1896 Poland, arrested 28-10-1943, interned Mechelen, deported 1944, Auschwitz murdered)
* MIRLA POTASIEWICZ–OKSENHENDLER (born 1899 Poland, arrested January 1944, interned Mechelen, deported 1944, Auschwitz murdered)
* FRIDA POTASIEWICZ (born 1923 Germany, arrested 10-8-1942, interned Mechelen, deported 1942, Auschwitz murdered)
* ABRAHAM POTASIEWICZ (born 1928, arrested and interned Mechelen, deported 1944, 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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• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck