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Stumbling Stone St. Jorisstraat 15

This brass plaque (Stolperstein or stumbling stone), placed on 07-12-2024, commemorates:
* Baron XAVIER DELLA FAILLE D’HUYSSE (b. 1902, resistance fighter, arrested in 1941, deported in 1942, stayed in various camps, liberated in 1945, died in Sandbostel in 1945)

This Stolperstein is here for a resistance fighter, persecuted, deported and died in the Second World War.

"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