Stumbling Stones Kirchweg 9

These brass plaques (Stolpersteine or stumbling stones), placed on 10-5-2017 on the church square opposite the former home of the Kaufmann family, commemorate:
* LEO KAUFMANN (b. 1893, admitted to Sachsenhausen in 1938, fled to Belgium in 1939, survived with help)
* EDITH KAUFMANN (b. 1923, fled to Belgium in 1939, survived with help)
* HELENE KAUFMANN (b. 1898, fled to Belgium in 1939, survived with help)

These Stolpersteine are here for a Jewish family who fled to Belgium and survived the war with help.

"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: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck