Stumbling Stones Kastanjelaan 7

These small, brass, memorial plaques (Stolpersteine, struikelstenen, or stumbling stones) commemorate:

* David Heilbron, born 1864, murdered 21 May 1943, Sobibor.
* Betje Heilbron-Slagter, born 1866, died 25 April 1943, Vught.

Background

David Heilbron was a school teacher. His first wife died in 1908 from complications of childbirth, leaving one newborn and one four-year-old. David and Betje Slagter married in Rotterdam at the end of December 1908. No other information was fond about the couple.

David Heilbron was taken to Camp Vught on 9 April 1943, to Camp Westerbork on 8 May, then was deported on 18 May to Sobibor, where he was killed. Betje Heilbron-Slagter may have been deported to Camp Vught on the same day as her husband. She died there in April before she could be deported to Sobibor.

Both of their children survived the 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 pavement in front of the last voluntary residence of (mostly Jewish) victims who were murdered by the Nazis. Each plaque is engraved victim’s with the name, date of birth, and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death. 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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