Stumbling Stone Groningsestraat 10

This brass plaques (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), placed on 21-09-2022, commemorate:

* GERARD VAN DEN DORPEL (born 1920, resistance fighter, betrayed 1944, 'Oranjehotel' , murdered 22-04-1945, Neuengamme).

This Stolperstein is lying here for a Jresistance fighter, arrested and 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 a residence of (usually Jewish) victims of the Nazis. Each plaque is provided with the name of the victim, date of birth and the fate of these people. 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: Dick de Bruijne
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne
• Gerard van den Dorpel, Oorlogsgravensichting.