Stumbling Stones Julianalaan 47

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 14-04-2022, commemorate:

* GESINA WILHELMINA GOMPERTS-POLAK (born 1890, interned 06-11-1942 Amsterdam, deported 08-02-1944 from Westerbork, murdered 11-02-1944 Auschwitz).
* EDDY BAREND GOMPERTS (born 1917, interned 06-11-1942 Amsterdam, deported 21-09-1943 from Westerbork, murdered 07-06-1944 Auschwitz).

These Stolpersteine lie here for Jewish war victims, persecuted, deported 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 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: Dick de Bruijne
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne
• Gesina Wilhelmina Gomperts-Polak, Joodsmonument.
• Eddy Barend Gomperts, Joodsmonument.