Stumbling Stones Hoogend 1

These small, brass, memorial plaques (stolpersteine, struikelsteenen, stumbling stones) commemorate:

* Lina Pino, born 1890, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 1943 in Sobibor.
* Roosje Pino, born 1884, deported 1943 from Westerbork, murdered 1943 in Sobibor.

Little information was found about Lina and Roosje Pino, who were sisters, both born in Sneek. Their father was a merchant. Whether they had other siblings was not found.

Lina attended the Groningen School for the Deaf from 1897 to 1908. According to schoool records, she was probably born deaf. She learned to sew. Either the sisters alone or the family ran a bakery.

Joods Monument gives dates for their murder in Sobibor: 16 April 1943 for Roosje Pino and 23 April 1943 for Lina Pino. Roosje was 59; Lina was 53.

"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 with the victim’s 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."

Borne was the first town in the Netherlands in which Stolpersteine were placed -- on 29 November 2007.

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